Cocktail · North Korea
Pyongyang Soju Highball
Pyongyang Soju Highball recipe from North Korea: soju, chilled soda water and cucumber. Exact oz/ml measures and full method.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- Soju
Ingredients
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) soju
- 3 oz (90 ml) chilled soda water
- 3 cucumber slices
Garnish
Cucumber ribbon and lime wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add soju and chilled soda water to the highball glass, putting any sparkling ingredient in last.
- 3Add ice and stir gently three times to combine without flattening bubbles.
- 4Finish with a cucumber ribbon and a lime wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Pyongyang Soju Highball
Soju keeps this North Korea-inspired highball light, while cucumber and cold soda make it clean and restrained. It is conceived as a gentle early-evening accompaniment to food, not as a claim of a historic Pyongyang cocktail.
This is a Where It's Five house creation inspired by local ingredients and drinking traditions, not a historic national cocktail.