Midori Cocktail Recipes. While the melon liqueur is too sweet to drink neat, you can set your next cocktail experience aglow with these Midori-based mixed drinks. Midori Sour.

The cocktail’s key ingredient, Midori, is produced by Suntory, the Japanese beverage company mostly known for Japanese whiskies. After introducing the product in Japan in 1964 where it was ...

It’s no surprise that just after its US launch in 1978, Midori quickly became all the rage in cocktail bars and clubs around the country. The Japanese melon liqueur had all the 1980s trends ...

2 oz Midori liqueur. 1/2 oz lemon juice. Maraschino cherry. Add the Midori and the lemon juice to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir well. Pour into a glass and top with a cherry.

This is Midori, the Japanese, melon-flavored liqueur that burst onto the bartending scene in the 1980s and is currently experiencing a renaissance as a cocktail ingredient.