National Tequila Day 2019 Cocktail Recipes: Margaritas & More – Hollywood Life

30+ Cocktails For National Tequila Day 2019: Delish Margaritas, Palomas & More To Celebrate

If you needed an excuse to drink tequila, here's A LOT of them! We're celebrating National Tequila Day with some incredible cocktails!

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National Tequila Day 2019
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La Quebrada Available at BOA Steakhouse, Los Angeles & Santa Monica
1.5 oz DeLeón Platinum Tequila
1 oz Campari
.5 oz Passion Fruit
.5 oz Lime Juice
.25 oz Agave

Pineapple Fizz
1 ½ parts Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila
¾ part fresh pineapple juice
½ part fresh lime juice
¼ part agave syrup
1 dash Angostura® bitters
Splash of seltzer
Pineapple chunks

Combine all ingredients except seltzer in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and add a splash of seltzer. Garnish with a pineapple chunk skewer and a pineapple leaf.

Smokin’ Greens Available At Petite Taqueria, Los Angeles
Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
Ancho Reyes
Orange
Lime
Agave
Cilantro

Mora Vita Available at Scarpetta by Scott Conant, Fontainebleau Miami Beach
¾ oz Hibiscus Syrup
¾ oz Blackberry Puree
8 pieces mint
¼ oz Fernet Branca
½ oz Crème de Mûre
¾ oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
1½ oz Corzo Añejo Tequila

Muddle all ingredients, shake and stain into julep cum, top with crushed ice and mint, blackberry and lime wheel garnish

Mesa Mule Available At SHOREbar Santa Monica
Casamigos Reposado Tequila
Passion Fruit
Housemade Ginger Beer
Jalapeno

Shaken and served tall on the rocks.

Lavender Spritzer
2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
1.5 oz. Lavender syrup
.5 oz. Fresh lemon juice
.5 oz. Grapefruit juice
2 Dashes lavender bitters
Top off with grapefruit soda water

Add all ingredients into a shaker and shake vigorously for 8-10 seconds. Strain into a Collins glass and add fresh ice. Garnish with a lavender sprig and lemon peel.

Tequila Herradura Pomegranate Mule
2 parts Herradura Silver
1 part pomegranate juice
3 parts ginger beer
½ part fresh lime juice

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake hard so that some of the ice melts, then strain over fresh ice. Garnish.

Love and Lust
1.5 oz Patrón Silver
2 oz Fresh watermelon juice
.15 oz Fresh lime
4 Fresh basil leaves
Fresh black pepper drops
Watermelon slice for garnish
Simple syrup to taste

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a double old fashioned glass. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Blood Orange Paloma Available At Bodega Negra in NYC, Courtesy of Inigo Salazar, Beverage Director
1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado
1.5 oz Blood Orange Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Agave
Club Soda
Salt & Paprika

In a tin with ice, combine all ingredients excluding the club soda and shake. Strain over fresh ice in a paprika salt rimmed glass. Top with club soda and garnish with a blood orange wheel.

The Golden Buddha Available at Hakkasan, Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Muddled Chili
2.0 oz mango juice
.50 oz lime juice
.50 oz agave syrup
2.0 oz reposado tequila

Combine all ingredients into a shaker and add ice. Shake, double strain into coupe vessel. Garnish with bird chili on rim.

Heritage Margarita
2 oz Patrón Estate Release
.75 oz Patrón Citronge Orange
.5 oz Persian lime juice
.25 oz Simple syrup
Key lime wheel for garnish

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Garnish with a key lime wheel.

OZONE’s Coral Pink Sands Margarita From Outrigger Guam Beach Resort
1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila
0.5 oz. Cointreau
4 oz. Fresh Sweet and Sour
Fresh Lime “Squeeze”
Himalayan Pink Sea Salt Rim
Fresh Lime Wheel Garnish
Red Coral Tuile Garnish

Ingredients are mixed into a mixing glass with portions above. Shaken vigorously and poured over ice in glass with Himalayan Pink Sea Salt Rim. Garnished with a lime wheel and Red Coral Tuile.

Tiger Balm Available at Chinese Tuxedo
2 oz Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco
.75 oz Lime Juice
.75 oz Grapefruit Szechuan Oleo Saccharum
Soda
Glass: Collins
Garnish: Dehydrated lime wheel/Tajin

Add ingredients to tin, shake/strain, top with soda, garnish with a lime wheel and a pinch of Tajin.

Total Tropicalism Available at Gitano Jungle Room
2oz Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco
.5oz Ginger
.75oz Lemon
.75oz Honey
Glass: Absinthe Rinsed Rocks Glass

Shake and Strain into Rocks Glass. Top with Mezcal. Garnish with Charred Lemon Wheel and Umbrella.

El Chapo Available At The NICE GUY, Los Angeles
Casamigos mezcal
Dimmi Liquore Di Milano
Watermelon
Lime
Agave

Shaken and served on a large rock.

Casa Lychee Martini
2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
1.5 oz. Lychee Liqueur
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
.5 oz. Ginger Syrup
.5 oz. Simple Syrup
4 Basil Leaves

Combine all ingredients into a tin shaker. Muddle the herbs, add ice and shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds. Fine strain into a martini glass and garnish with a large basil leaf through skewer.

Paloma Spritz from The Pier House in Venice, CA
Mezcal El Silencio Espadin
Reposado Tequila
Grapefruit
Sparkling Rose
Salt

Margarita Guabanero Available at Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta
2 oz Tequila “Centenario Añejo”
1/2 oz Lime juice,
1 oz Cointreau,
2 ½ oz Guanabana Pulp Concentrate,
2 Slices of Habanero
Tajin

Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass and dip in “Tajin.” Fill the glass with ice. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add tequila, Cointreau, Guanabana pulp concentrate, slices of Habanero and lime juice. Shake to combine. Strain the cocktail over the prepared glass and garnish with a lime wedge. *The Habanero is just to leave a special flavor, do not leave the slices in the glass.*

Rosa Picante at Bodega South Beach
0.75 oz of Lime Juice
0.75 oz of Agave
1.75 oz of Casamigos Tequila
1 oz of Watermelon Juice
1 Muddled Jalapeño
3 Dashes of Hellfire Bitters
1 Watermelon Sliver for Garnish
1 Basil Leaf for Garnish

Served margarita style. Combine the lime juice, agave, tequila, watermelon juice, muddled jalapeño and bitters in a shaker. Shake vigorously. Pour into a salt rimmed rocks glass over ice cubes. Garnish with basil leaf and a sliver of watermelon.

Italian Margarita from Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake of the Ozarks
1.5oz Margaritaville Calypso Coconut Tequila
.75oz Amaretto Liquor
3.5oz Margaritaville Margarita Mix
Toasted Coconut Flakes and Lime Wedge (for garnish)

Rim a glass with toasted coconut. Fill glass with ice. Combine ingredients in a shaker. Strain into ice-filled glass. Garnish with a lime wedge (optional).

The Vagabond from The Wayfarer in NYC
Mezcal
Milagro Silver Tequila
Green Chartreuse
Jalapeno-infused aperol
Fresh squeezed lime Juice
Dash of Grapefruit Bitters

Nosotros Eastside
2 oz Nosotros Tequila Blanco ⅓ oz agave syrup
¾ oz fresh lime juice
3 muddled cucumber slices
5 muddled mint leaves

Pineapple Ginger Margarita Available At The Lobby Bar at Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club in Miami, FL
1.5oz Patron Silver Tequila
0.75oz Patron Citronge Pineapple
0.5oz Roasted Pineapple Syrup
0.5oz Ginger Cinnamon Syrup
0.75oz Fresh Lemon Juice

I love you but we cantaloupe Available At Ember Miami
1.5oz tequila
1oz banana pepper and sage shrub
2oz cantaloupe juice
.5oz lime juice
.5oz simple syrup
3-4 dash house herb bitters

Shake and strain over ice and garnish with a piece of tajin spiced cantaloupe.

Sparkling Lime Margarita
1 lime
1 oz. Cointreau
3 oz. tequila
Spindrift Lime
Ice

Add ice, Cointreau, tequila, and fresh squeezed lime juice to a shaker. Shake well. Salt the rim of two low glasses and fill with ice. Pour shaker evenly between the glasses. Top with Spindrift Lime to taste

The Paloma
2 parts Altos Plata
½ part fresh lime juice
½ part agave syrup
3 parts fresh grapefruit juice
Grapefruit (for the garnish)

Mix all ingredients except grapefruit juice in a glass. Fill with ice and finish with grapefruit juice. Garnish with half slice of pink grapefruit.

Tequila Avión’s Spicy Cucumber Margarita
2 Parts Avión Silver
1 Fresh Lime Juice
1 Part Agave Nectar
Slices of Cucumber & Jalapeño

Muddle 1-2 thin slices of jalapeño pepper in the bottom of a cocktail shaker with the lime and agave nectar juices. Add the tequila and a handful of ice. Shake and strain into a glass over ice. Garnish with thinly sliced cucumbers and jalapeños.

The Scarlet Macaw Available at The Deck at Island Gardens in Miami, FL
2 oz Tequila (Distilled from blue agave)
¾ oz Hibiscus syrup
¾ oz Lime juice Fill with GF soda, (Q brand)
Glass: Pilsner Garnish: Pink Himalayan salted rim and lime wheel

Prepare glass with salted rim on the outer part of it before you begin mixing your ingredients. Mix your key ingredients: Spirit, sweetner and sour. Then pour over fresh ice and then top with grapefruit soda.

Margarita Al Pastor Created by Natalie Migliarini, Beautiful Booze
2 ounces Corralejo Silver
8 pieces charred pineapple
1 ounce chile syrup
½ ounce agave syrup
1 ounce lime juice

Rim your glass with salt. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to chill and combine ingredients. Fine strain into a coupe glass. Garnish & Enjoy!

Noble Paloma
2 oz Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
1 oz lime juice
1 oz grapefruit juice
0.5 oz agave nectar
Sparkling water
Grapefruit wedge

Place Casa Noble, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and agave nectar into shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into glass over ice (salt or lime-and-chili powder rim optional), top with sparkling water, and swirl. Garnish with grapefruit wedge.

Piñarindo from Cantina Rooftop in New York City
2oz Silver Tequila
1oz Tamarind Puree
1oz Pineapple Puree
3/4oz Lime Juice
3/4oz Agave
3 Slices of Fresh Jalapeño
Chile de Árbol

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add silver tequila, tamarind and pineapple puree, lime juice and agave. Add sliced jalapeno to cocktail ingredients and shake. Pour strained cocktail into coupe glass rimmed with Chile de arbol.

Sweet Heat Margarita
2 oz Tanteo® Jalapeño Tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
½ oz Agave nectar
4-5 muddled raspberries

Muddle raspberries and combine other ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and double strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with raspberry skewer.

Mango Margarita From Casa Bocado
1.5 oz jalapeño infused tequila
.75 oz ancho reyes
1 oz mango purée
.75 oz lime juice

Combine ingredients in shaker with ice, shake and strain into rocks glass with tamarind salt on half of the rim and jalapeño wheel garnish.

Tommy’s Margarita from BLT Prime
Milagro Silver Tequila
Agave nectar
Fresh lime juice

Passione Ardente from Casa Nonna in NYC
JAJA Tequila
Monkey Shoulder
Fresh Muddled Jalapeno
Lime Juice
Passion Fruit Puree

Corralejo Spicy Pineapple Paloma
2 ounces Corralejo Silver
½ ounce grapefruit juice
½ ounce lime juice
½ sliced Serrano pepper
¾ ounce agave syrup
Pineapple soda (to top)
Tajín (for rim)

Rim your glass with Tajín. Add all ingredients except the bitters into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients. Strain into your glass over fresh ice. Top with pineapple soda. Garnish & Enjoy!

Rose’s Paloma by Kevin Reid, Lead Bartender, Myron Mixon Pitmaster BBQ
1.5oz Silver Tequila
.5oz fresh squeezed Lime juice
4oz Q Grapefruit
Black Hawaiian Sea Salt
Sesame Seeds
Grapefruit
Fresh mint

Spread Sesame Seeds and Black Hawaiian Sea Salt out on the plate. Rim the edge of the glass with a fresh lime and dip in salt and seed plate mixture to coat the edge. Fill glass with crushed ice. Add 1.5 silver Tequila, lime juice, and Q Grapefruit. Garnish With Grapefruit Peel Rose and fresh mint.

Mayan Heat Available on Princess Cruises, fleetwide
2 oz. Patrón Silver Tequila
.5 oz. lime juice
.5 oz. agave syrup
.25 oz. Triple Sec
1 slice of fresh jalapeño plus one more for garnish

Gently press 1 slice of jalapeño in cocktail shaker. Add ice and remaining ingredients except for garnish. Shake and strain all ingredients over fresh ice. Garnish with a fresh slice of jalapeño.

South Of The Border Heat Available At BOA Steakhouse, Los Angeles & Santa Monica
1.5 oz DeLeón Platinum Tequila
.75 oz House made sweet & sour
1 oz Fresh Pineapple
Jalapeños

Café Agave from High Brew
1 1/2 oz Dulce Vida Reposado Tequila
1/2 oz J. Rieger & Company Caffe Amaro
1/2 oz agave syrup
1 oz High Brew Coffee Mexican Vanilla
1 egg white

Add all of the ingredients and dry shake (shake in a shaker with no ice). Add ice to shaker and repeat. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

OZONE’s Sakura Sea Samurai From Waikiki Beachcomber by Outrigger
1 ½ oz Tequila
½ oz lime juice
3 dashes Angustura Bitters
½ oz grapefruit juice
¼ oz lychee syrup
1/8 oz grenadine
¼ oz orange juice

Sprinkle of sea salt. Top off with sparkling water. Served in Chimney glass with lime wheel and orchid.

Grapefruit Collins
2 oz Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco Tequila
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
¾ oz 1:1 Simple Syrup
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Top with Soda Water

Shake tequila, lemon juice, simple syrup and grapefruit juice with ice.  Strain into a double rocks glass over a large cube of ice.  Top with soda water, and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

Camarena Old Fashioned
2 parts Camarena Reposado
.5 parts Agave Nectar
2 Dashes of Bitters

Add ingredients into a double old fashioned rocks glass filled with ice and stir to combine. Garnish with orange peel.

The Cool
1 oz 1800 Silver
.5 oz Cucumber Juice
.5 oz Lemon juice
.25 oz Simple Syrup

Maria Verde by Jaime Salas, National Milagro Ambassador
2 Parts Milagro Reposado
1½ Parts Jicama Juice
1 Rib of Celery
1 Part Tomatillo Juice
½ Part Fresh Lime Juice
6 drops Chipotle Sauce (or to taste)
A Pinch of Black Salt

Build in high ball glass with ice. Garnish with celery, cherry tomatoes and lime wedge.

O.D.B “Old Dirty Bramble” Available At Beauty & Essex
Don Julio Reposado Tequila
Smoked Blackberries
Honey
Ginger Juice
Lemon

Dirty Pineapple Available At Gupshup
Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila
Garam Masala-Washed Pineapple
Thai Bird Chili
Sweet Hibiscus
Lime

My Kind of Paloma Available At Matador Room in The Miami Beach EDITION
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal
.5oz Italicus
.75oz Fresh lime juice .
25oz Agave syrup
Grapefruit Soda
Pink Sea Salt

Rim glass with Pink Sea salt. Add mezcal, Italicus, and lime juice to a shaker and short shake with a few Ice cubes. Strain into Highball glass filled with Ice cubes and top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with a lime wheel and serve.

Spiced Grapefruit Margarita
1.5 oz Paquera Espadin
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz agave nectar

Pitcher Perfect Sour Orange Margarita courtesy of Kate Ramos, Hola Jalapeño
1 cup Tequila Cazadores Blanco
2 ¼ cups fresh-squeezed sour orange juice (about 4 pounds oranges)
½ cup granulated sugar
Lime slices, for garnish
Sal de gusano, for the rim (optional)

Combine orange juice, tequila, and sugar in a blender. Blend on high until sugar is dissolved. Transfer to a pitcher and chill until ready to serve. Rub a lime slice around the rim of 6 cocktail glasses. Dip each glass in Sal de Gusano, your favorite cocktail salt, or kosher salt. Fill each glass with ice and pour margaritas over. Add a lime slice and serve.

Love and Lust
1.5 oz Patrón Silver
2 oz Fresh watermelon juice
.15 oz Fresh lime
4 Fresh basil leaves
Fresh black pepper drops
Watermelon slice for garnish
Simple syrup to taste

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a double old fashioned glass. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Twisted Maria
1.5oz DeLeon Platinum tequila
1oz Watermelon Juice
3 Cherry tomatoes on Vine
.5oz Lime Juice
1tsp Agave

Mull 3 cherry tomatoes in a shaker. Blend 3-4 pieces of watermelon or 1oz of watermelon juice into a shaker. Add in remaining ingredients and pinch of salt. Shake, strain and pour over ice.

Hibiscus Daisy
2 oz. Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila
1/2 oz. Hibiscus Syrup
1 oz. Watermelon Juice
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
Smoked paprika salt for rim

Shake all ingredients over ice. Pour into a chilled rocks glass with a smoked paprika salt rim. Garnish with lime wedge.

The Rosita
1.5 oz Cenote Reposado
1 oz Campari
.5 oz dry vermouth
.5 sweet vermouth
1 dash angostura

Add all ingredients to ice-filled rocks glass. Stir till chilled.
Garnish: Lemon twist

Mexican Firing Squad
2 oz Cenote Blanco
.75 oz lime juice
.75 grenadine
2 dash angostura
Top Soda

Combine first 4 ingredients in a shaker and strain in ice-filled Collins glass. Top with soda. Garnish with Cherry and a lime.

Bandera
This is a trio of shots that represent the Mexican flag in color. It is a classic way of serving a shot of tequila and is a way to honor Mexican culture.
1 shot Cenote Blanco
1 shot lime juice
1 shot sangrita

Take them in the above order. There are plenty of sangrita recipes out there, but in a pinch you can add lime, grenadine, tomato juice, and tabasco. If you have the time opt for the real recipe because it is a game-changer. Sangrita (pronounced just like it looks) is a traditional Mexican drink served as a chaser to high-end tequilas. Little-known in the States, it does not contain alcohol, but rather it is a simple mix of juices and spices that is designed to be consumed alongside your tequila, alternating sips and cleansing and brightening the palate as you drink. It’s sweet, spicy, and savory all in one little pony glass, and with tequila, the effect can be divine.

MEZCAL MAMA @ The New York EDITION (with GEM&BOLT mezcal)
1.5 OZ GEM&BOLT MEZCAL
1.5 OZ JASMINE TEA
0.75 OZ FRESH LIME JUICE
0.5 OZ AGAVE SYRUP
0.25 OZ BENEDICTINE
3 OR 4 RASPBERRIES

SHAKE ALL INGREDIENTS & STRAIN OVER ICE. GARNISH W/ 3 OR 4 RASPBERRIES

Spicy Seed Margarita
1.5 oz 21 Seeds Cucumber Jalapeño Tequila
1/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
1 tsp fresh ginger
1.5 oz club soda

Place all ingredients into shaker with 1.5 cups of ice. Shake 30 seconds (totally underrated and makes the cocktail), pour into a glass. Garnish with a lime and/or cucumber slice and serve. Add club soda to make it a margarita spritz!

Bermuda Blue at Quill, The Jefferson, DC
Casa Noble Reposado Tequila
Blueberry Jalapeño
Citrus
King Floyd’s Bitters
Pink Salt-Cayenne Rim

Gran Smoky Sunrise Available At Hilton Orlando
3 oz. fresh squeezed orange juice
1 ½ oz. Gran Patrón Smoky Tequila
½ oz. Grenadine
Garnish: Maraschino cherry, orange slice

Guillermo’s Especial Available AT BALEENkitchen at Solé Miami, A Noble House Resort
Tsp fresh Cilantro
2oz fresh lime juice
2oz Don Julio Tequila
1.5oz Amaretto
1oz fresh squeezed Orange Juice

Don’t be Koi Available At The Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club
1.5 kapena tequila (li hing mui infused)
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz dry curacao
1/2 oz lilikoi juice
glass: coupe
garnish: li hing mui/salt/tajin dusted rim with a lime slice

Peachy Pom Margarita Available At JW Marriott Grand Rapids
Tequila
Peach Schnapps
Pomegranate Liqueur
Sour Mix

Mexican Ginger Available At Nautilus by Arlo
Espolon Reposado Tequila
Cucumber
Red bell pepper
Cayenne pepper
Lime
Agave,
Angostura bitters
Ginger beer

Paloma Lolo at Merriman’s Honolulu, by Jim Lunchick
Rub half of the rim of a glass with lime wedge; dip the rim of glass in coriander salt.
Combine grapefruit juice, lime juice, and agave syrup.
Stir in reposado tequila, add ice, shake, and top off with soda water.
Garnish with lime wheel and enjoy!

Jarrito Available At Hilton Playa Del Carmen
1 ½ oz Tequila Reposado
1 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
1 oz Lime Juice
1 Lime wedge
5 tsp of Tajín Clásico
Garnish: Orange, Lime, Grapefruit wedges

Rub one of the lime wedges on the outer edge of a tall glass and then roll the glass lip with Tajín Seasoning. Add the remaining ingredients to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into the prepared glass. Finally garnish with orange triangles, grapefruit, and lime.

Bacon Margarita Available At Panama Jack Resorts Cancun
1 ½ oz. of tequila
½ oz. of triple sec
½ oz. of lime juice
Lime and orange wedges
Salt Bacon (bacon bites with salt & chili powder)

Spicy Smoky Margarita Available At Panama Jack Playa Del Carmen
1 ½ oz Don Julio
¼ oz Orange with habanero liquor
½ oz cucumber nectar
4 Lemon wedges
1 Rosemary branch
1 Rolled cucumber slice (for garnish)

Take the Rosemary branch, with a cooking torch burn the leaves until you see smoke and then put it inside the mason jar mug and close with the cap. Let the smoke cover all the jar. Add the lemon wedges and the cucumber nectar and macerate, then add the rest of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake vigorously. Finally, strain into the mason jar mug full of ice, and garnish.

Shady Lady from 1833 Kitchen & Bar
1.5 oz Arrete Tequila
1 oz Coquerel Calvados
.75 oz cranberry juice
.5 oz fresh lime

Fill a shaker with ice and add all ingredients. Shake generously and then pour into a highball glass. Finish with a lime twist or wedge garnish.

Potter’s Field from Bagatelle NYC, created by bartender Jeffrey Prewitt
2 oz. Reposado tequila
1/2 oz. Carpano Antica
1/4 oz. Apérol
1/4 oz. triple sec
2 dashes of mole bitters

Combine ingredients in a shaker, and stir together. Pour into any glass and garnish with an orange peel.

Jolene at OBC Kitchen, Lexington, KY
1.5 oz Camarena
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz charred jalapeno prickly pear syrup
.25 oz orange juice
.25 oz Cointreau

Combine all ingredients in shaker; shake and double strain into coupe class. Garnish with ½ lime salt rim and grilled lime wheel.

Zuma Paloma Available at Zuma New York, Zuma Miami and Zuma Boston
Green Tea salt
1 grapefruit slice
¼ cup fresh grapefruit juice
1 tablespoon yuzu juice
Splash of hibiscus syrup
¼ cup mezcal or tequila
¼ cup Campari

Pour green tea salt on a plate. Rub half of rim of a highball glass with grapefruit wedge; dip rim of glass in salt. Combine grapefruit juice, yuzu, and hibiscus in glass and mix up. Stir in mezcal, add ice, and top off with campari soda. Garnish with grapefruit slice.

Paloma Mimosa From El Bolero Cocina Mexicana
1.5 oz Sauza Blue Silver Tequila
.5 oz Grapefruit Juice
2 oz Topo Chico
Splash of blood orange juice