{"id":78,"date":"2011-05-28T23:58:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T06:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2011-05-28T23:58:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T06:58:43","slug":"fizzy-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/78","title":{"rendered":"Fizzy Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I gave up drinking sodas in general during my sophomore year of college. I used to get a Sprite or some other soda whenever I went to a restaurant, but then I realized that I didn&#8217;t really like it all that much. So I gave it up, and I never went back. Well, except when it&#8217;s in a cocktail. And I somehow lost 40 pounds after giving up soda! OK, so it might have been a combination of other factors, like moving away from all-you-can-eat dorm food, walking more, and eating breakfast. Plus, I&#8217;ve gained a lot of it back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So this past week, I tried making some drinks with soda. The first one I tried was based on a cocktail I had at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozumooakland.com\/\">Ozumo<\/a>, called the Lychee Press. The menu description said it was vodka, lychee juice, and Sprite, but of course, they don&#8217;t give the proportions, since that gives away the secret. But I tried coming up with my own version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/5770288739\/\" title=\"IMG_4435 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5141\/5770288739_2beff675cc.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"IMG_4435\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lychee Fizz<\/strong><br \/>\n1 oz Soho lychee liqueur<br \/>\n1 oz vodka<br \/>\n0.5 oz lychee syrup<br \/>\nSprite<br \/>\nlemon slice<br \/>\nlime slice<\/p>\n<p>I just mixed the lychee liqueur, vodka, and lychee syrup in a glass filled with ice, and topped it off with Sprite. It had a nice sweetness and the lychee flavor was strong, but there was also a bit of bitterness. I&#8217;m not sure if that came from the Sprite or from the vodka. I&#8217;d definitely make it again, though.<\/p>\n<p>Next I tried a classic, the Cuba Libre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/5770827902\/\" title=\"IMG_4450 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3045\/5770827902_464a77aaa9.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"IMG_4450\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuba Libre<\/strong><br \/>\n2 oz white rum<br \/>\njuice of 1\/2 lime<br \/>\nCoke<br \/>\nlime slice<\/p>\n<p>I probably used too much ice in the glass, which decreased the amount of Coke needed to fill up the glass, which made the drink strong. I did like the lime juice in there, it made it not taste overwhelming sweet even with all the Coke.<\/p>\n<p>Another classic I&#8217;ve enjoyed at bars is the Midori Sour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/5770289095\/\" title=\"IMG_4515 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3411\/5770289095_4e8ccfc5bc.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"IMG_4515\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Midori Sour<\/strong><br \/>\n1 oz Midori<br \/>\n0.5 oz lemon juice<br \/>\n0.5 oz simple syrup<br \/>\n2 oz Sprite<br \/>\nmaraschino cherries<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this drink quite a bit. It was nice and sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. The acidity from the lemon juice went well with the melon flavor from the Midori.<\/p>\n<p>The soda in these cocktails give them a nice fizz, and they&#8217;re definitely better than just straight soda, which I often find is too sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I gave up drinking sodas in general during my sophomore year of college. I used to get a Sprite or some other soda whenever I went to a restaurant, but then I realized that I didn&#8217;t really like it all &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/78\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[107,78,155,70,77],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixology","tag-lychee","tag-maraschino-cherries","tag-midori","tag-rum","tag-vodka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}