
Worcestershire sauce adds salty, sour, spicy, and umami depth. It is used by the dash: it deepens tomato and savory drinks but can easily take over. Salty, spicy, and umami additions season the drink. Their job is to sharpen flavor and lengthen the finish without pushing the cocktail into cold-sauce territory. Worcestershire sauce carries several flavor directions at once, so think in dashes rather than milliliters. After stirring, give the drink a few seconds: umami does not appear instantly.