When you think of cocktails, you don’t necessarily think of smokey flavors. But drinking a smokey drink is such a nice departure from regular sweet drinks.
This cocktail utilizes two different sources of smokiness, and the end result is a vibrantly orange drink that will definitely excite you palate.
Recipe
- First, rim your glasses by swiping a lip around the rims and dipping it into a combination of 2 teaspoons of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika.
- For the cocktail, start by mixing 1 part agave nectar or honey into 1 part hot water to dissolve it slightly.
- Add this syrup to a cocktail shaker along with 1 ounce of orange juice, 1/2 an ounce of carrot juice, and 2 ounces of mezcal. If that’s too smokey for you, add just 1 ounce and do 1 ounce of tequila.
- Also, if you wanted to make a bigger batch of this cocktail, multiply the recipe quantities and instead of pouring it into a cocktail shaker, pour everything into a bowl and stir with ice in it. Put a mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the contents in so the ice doesn’t get in and dissolve the flavor.
- Drop in ice cubes and shake everything together well for about 10 seconds.
- Pour it into the rimmed glasses and enjoy responsibly!
