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    Mixologist

    Kazuo Uyeda

    Bartender, Tender

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    Mixologist
    Portrait of Kazuo Uyeda

    Portrait of Kazuo Uyeda

    i. Biography

    Kazuo Uyeda is the legendary Japanese bartender associated with Tender in Tokyo's Ginza district. He is known internationally for the precise shaking method often called the Hard Shake and remains the defining figure at Tender.

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