Living menu · break a classic
The most-broken classic in the world. And we keep breaking it.
Spirit (whatever the break calls for) · The 'tomato' (red, green, clarified…) · Acid — lemon, lime, vinegar · Umami — Worcestershire, ferments, dashi · Heat & salt
No classic takes as many versions as the Bloody Mary. It isn't a recipe — it's a savory canvas (spirit, tomato, acid, umami and heat) and every part can change without breaking the picture. So we gave it its own menu: a living collection of breaks.
The rule is simple. Take one of the five pieces — the spirit, the 'tomato', the acid, the umami or the heat — swap it for another culture or technique, and rebalance. Each swap is a new direction. We start with five; the menu grows on its own.
Ideas that were born brushing against other cocktails live here — like the kimchi Bloody, which was asking for its own room. None is invented for the sake of it: all are serveable, and all taste of something.
Method
The classic canvas: 45 vodka · 90 tomato juice · 15 lemon · Worcestershire · Tabasco · celery salt and pepper, built over ice with celery. Each direction breaks one of those pieces and rebalances the rest.
The savory canvas: spirit + tomato + acid + umami + heat. Swap one piece, rebalance, a break is born.
The directions
Break the umami: Korean ferment instead of Worcestershire and Tabasco.
45 soju (or vodka) · 90 tomato juice · 20 kimchi brine · 1 tsp gochujang · 10 lime · pinch of sugar. Build over ice. Gochugaru and sesame-salt rim. Kimchi and cucumber.
The fermented Bloody. Funky, deep and addictive.
Break the tomato: make it Spanish. Salmorejo instead of juice, fino in the base.
40 vodka · 15 fino · 120 loosened salmorejo · 10 sherry vinegar · smoked paprika. Short glass, no celery. Jamón, breadsticks, grated egg and a thread of olive oil.
A drinkable tapa. For the aperitivo hour.
Break the colour: green tomato and tomatillo instead of red. Tequila base.
45 blanco tequila · 90 green tomato and tomatillo juice · 15 lime · 5 jalapeño · cilantro · celery salt. Pickled jalapeño and a cucumber ribbon.
Bright, herbaceous, with a chili edge.
Break the format: cross it with a michelada. Mezcal and beer, long and smoky.
30 mezcal · 60 clamato · 15 lime · Worcestershire · hot sauce · top with lager. Tajín rim. Lime and chili.
The brunch crusher. Long, fresh and smoky.
Break the body: clarified tomato water. Crystal-clear, served up.
50 vodka · 75 clarified tomato water · 10 lemon · a touch of kombu/soy · celery bitters. In a chilled glass, no ice. A cherry tomato or a celery leaf.
The fine-dining, competition version. Clean and elegant.
Break the spice profile: a Thai broth instead of Worcestershire.
45 vodka · 90 tomato juice · 20 tom yum broth (lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime, chili, a touch of fish sauce) · 15 lime · pinch of palm sugar. Build over ice. Kaffir lime leaf and lemongrass.
Aromatic and sticky: sour, hot and umami at once.
Break the spice toward India: garam masala and tamarind.
45 gin · 90 tomato juice · 10 tamarind paste · 1 tsp garam masala · grated ginger · 10 lime. Build over ice. Black-salt (kala namak) rim and cilantro.
Warm and spiced, with tamarind's tang.
Break the colour to black: squid ink or charcoal. Mezcal base.
30 mezcal · 90 tomato juice · 1 g squid ink (or activated charcoal) · 15 lime · Worcestershire · smoked salt. Build over ice. Black-salt rim.
Dramatic and marine. The showpiece of the menu.
Break the umami toward the sea: clamato and an oyster. Canadian-style.
45 vodka · 90 clamato · 10 lime · Worcestershire · horseradish · a fresh oyster dropped in. Celery-salt rim. Celery stalk and lemon.
Briny and raw-bar. A starter in a glass.
Break by technique: charred (tatemado) tomato and chipotle.
30 mezcal · 90 blended charred tomato · 10 chipotle adobo · 15 lime · oregano. Build over ice. Morita-chili salt rim.
Deep, genuinely smoky umami. The most autumnal.
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The emblem of the Andes. Broken fruit by fruit, peak by peak.
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Wakes you up and lays you down. The modern classic, broken.
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