NEW YORK -- With China's baijiu industry no longer booming, distilleries making the centuries-old spirit are looking overseas to boost their profits.
Lumos, a bar in New York specializing in baijiu, uses the Chinese spirit in mixed drinks like this raspberry martini, Vanilladew cocktail and Asian pear martini. (Courtesy of Lumos) Lumos, which opened in May in New York, is the first bar in the U.S. dedicated entirely to the grain-based liquor. Owners Orson Salicetti and Qifan Li hope that by putting baijiu into a slew of creative cocktails, they can make it as familiar as pisco, a Peruvian brandy, and mescal, a Mexican spirit, both of which have seeped into U.S. cocktail culture in the past few years.
