Craft Cocktails "Especiales para Cinco de Mayo"

Cinco de Mayo Craft Cocktails
By Gayot Editors

¡Salud! to Cinco de Mayo

Let’s be festive on Cinco de Mayo with some craft cocktails.

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1. Coconut Paloma (with tequila & rum)

Mixologist & Photographer Lee Corbett (@TheRogueBrusselSprout)

INGREDIENTS:
– 3 oz. fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
– 1.5 oz. blanco tequila
– 1 oz. Kōloa Kaua’i Coconut Rum

Garnish: grapefruit slices, fresh mint leaves

METHOD:
• In a cocktail shaker, combine the grapefruit juice, tequila, and coconut rum with ice.
• Shake well.
• Add a few large ice cubes to the serving glass, then strain the cocktail into the prepared glass.
• Garnish with grapefruit slices and/or fresh mint leaves.

Optional: Brush the rim of a glass with honey (or agave) and dip it into shredded coconut.

2. Smokin’ Greens (with mezcal)

Mezcal cocktail Smokin Greens

INGREDIENTS:
– 1.5 oz. mezcal
– 0.5 oz. Ancho Reyes Chili Liqueur
– 0.75 oz. orange
– 0.75 oz. lime juice
– 0.5 oz. agave syrup
– Bar spoon of cilantro paste

METHOD:
• Shaken.
• Served on rocks.
• Garnish with orange peel.

3. Tiendita Margarita (with tequila)

INGREDIENTS:
– 2 oz. 1800® Cristalino tequila
– 0.75 oz. lime juice
– 0.75 oz. agave syrup
– 3 oz. Tamarind Jarritos

Garnish: Tajin rim and tamarind candy stick

METHOD:
• Combine 1800® Cristalino, lime juice and agave syrup in a mixing tin.
• Add ice and shake.
• Strain into rocks glass (half rimmed with Tajin) over fresh ice.
• Top with Tamarind Jarritos.
• Garnish with lime wheel and tamarind candy stick.
• Enjoy with a bag of Takis.

4. Papa Viejo (with rum)

Mezcal cocktail Papa Viejo

INGREDIENTS:
– 1.5 oz. rum
– 1 oz. lime juice
– 0.75 oz. agave syrup
– 0.5 oz. Prosecco
– 10 mint leaves
– 5 dashes of Peychaud bitters

METHOD:
• Shaken
• Served in coupe glass
• Garnished with 1 mint leaf

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