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citizenM 2020 debuts a simplified drink menu — New Year’s Eve party goes wild with playful and campy vibes

Published: 2026-09-25 👁 100 views
Last updated 2026-09-25 — Dutch boutique hotel chain citizenM (世民酒店) at Taipei North Gate celebrates its third year in Taiwan, consistently delivering fun and surprising experiences with a trendy mindset for the mobile citizen. This year-end, citizenM...

Dutch boutique hotel chain citizenM (世民酒店) at Taipei North Gate celebrates its third year in Taiwan, consistently delivering fun and surprising experiences with a trendy mindset for the mobile citizen. This year-end, citizenM combines the wildly popular camp aesthetic from the fashion world to host a New Year’s Eve party, inviting the public to join in and unleash their inner quirkiness.

It will also introduce a brand-new drink menu in 2020, playing with basic cocktail formulas using unexpected ingredients to break conventions and surprise your taste buds. Located on the second floor of citizenM, canteenM bar is open 24 hours a day, offering a variety of creative cocktails. With a “back to basics” creative concept, it utilizes many local natural ingredients from Taiwan, aiming to integrate cocktails into everyday life.

After nearly a year of research and development, several distinctive infused base spirits have been crafted, and a range of dried fruits used in cocktails (such as bananas, apples, kiwis, tomatoes, etc.) are treated with low-temperature roasting to lock in their original flavors. These are then recombined with spirits to unlock endless possibilities. The 2020 new drink menu features 11 new cocktails, mainly developed under two series: citizen unique (奇赏系列) and citizen twist (特调系列).

 
The citizen unique series includes six cocktails, all highlighting the natural flavors of ingredients with the fresh effervescence of sparkling drinks. Among them, the most stunning is “umami,” which reinterprets the fifth taste “umami” by adding dried bonito flakes to gin and pairing it with premium aromatic tonic water, then accentuated with Japanese-imported bitters. The sweet and savory aroma blends with the initially smooth liquor, offering a dual-sensory delight. “Far East” is another highlight of the series, using Taiwanese native spice maqaw — known for its pepper and ginger notes — infused with lemon peel into gin, paired with ground black pepper and fresh lemongrass, evoking a distant nostalgia for the spice routes of the East.
 
The citizen twist series consists of five cocktails that create rich layers of flavor with various ingredients. Particularly eye-catching is “Date with Me,” where the bold spiciness of whiskey is artfully balanced with the sweetness of red dates, resulting in a long, warm finish. A hint of smokiness makes each sip feel like venturing into a hazy allure. Additionally, the previous menu’s hit, “citizen taipei,” has been upgraded to the “citizen taipei, new version.” The tomato-infused vodka offers a full-bodied taste, combined with the acidity and spice of Tabasco, creating an innovative flavor that’s like setting off fireworks on your taste buds.

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