Haamonii (harmony) ShochuLow calorie cocktails – only 35 calories per serving

Orange soda brings back many memories for me. Long days in the park, chasing ducks, orange tongues and mustaches, and the inevitable sugar crash. While I’ve personally grown out of my obsession with unnaturally-bright orange-flavored soda (for the most part, we’re all human), I still love combining the concept of “orange” with the concept of [...]

Earlier this week, I asked our friends on Facebook for a recommendation about what they’d like to see this week’s cocktail feature. I got responses (Thank you!!) saying either “cool and refreshing” or “do a warm cocktail! It’s cold on the East Coast!,” which are wonderful recommendations, but are about as opposite as you can [...]

This week’s cocktail was inspired by my love of African red rooibos tea.  I love the way it tastes, it has a gorgeous color when brewed, and since it’s caffeine-free, doesn’t make me tweak out like a 10-year-old after too many pixie sticks. The “chu-hai” is a classic shochu preparation of freshly-brewed tea (in our [...]

..if only. The Bay area has been blessed with some very out-of-season beautiful weather, which is a wonderful and welcome change of pace [read: it's been raining constantly for weeks]. So in celebration of this lovely, most likely short-lived weather, here’s a low-cal, amped-up version of my favorite summertime drink– The Mojito. The ingredient that [...]

While thinking up my cocktail idea for this week’s Haamonii Hour, I realized that the potential for fresh herbs to make an otherwise simple fruit cocktail absolutely sing was vastly under-realized. So to remedy this, I’ve decided to put together some happy hour-friendly drinks based on combining fresh blackberries with sage.  My first cocktail is [...]

Ah, the holidays. They mean a lot of things to many people. Here at Haamonii, the holidays mean we strive to find as many ways to share our lives and passions with as many people as we can, reaffirm our support of the causes we are passionate about, and taking a moment to cherish the [...]

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, we would like to share one of our more “seasonal” cocktail recipes with you, so you can share it with your guests, friends, and family! This cocktail is beautiful, incredibly easy, and low calorie. The Haamonii Shochu “Apple Pie” 2 oz Haamonii Shochu 2 oz Unfiltered Apple Juice 1 oz Sparkling [...]

you make a Haamonii strawberry lemonade recovery slushy! They never said doing Ironman was easy and when you’re racing one practically every month like I am, it’s important not only to celebrate the ups and downs but to make sure you rehydrate and replenish your electrolytes after this all-day endurance affair! Last weekend I competed [...]

From MarthaStewartweddings.com. INGREDIENTS: Serves 5 (Makes 5 cups) 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 cups water 1 1/2 pounds rhubarb (about 8 stalks), cleaned, trimmed, and cut into 1-inch pieces 1 cup shochu (vodka-like Japanese liquor) 1/2 cup fresh lime juice DIRECTIONS: Bring sugar and the water to a boil in large pan over medium heat; [...]

It’s not often that you get to meet a new berry that you end up loving. Today, we did. Thanks to our good friend Elle Chan, we experienced first hand the wonderful taste of the mulberry in two types! During a past tasting, Elle had mentioned these mulberries and how they would be amazing with [...]