The Penultimate Word
Servings 2 cocktails
Ingredients
- 3 ounces mezcal
- 1 ounce Luxardo Maraschino
- 1-1/2 ounces fresh lime juice (see Kitchen Notes)
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- cherries for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Put mezcal, Luxardo, lime juice and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with some ice. Shake until thoroughly chilled, 30 seconds or so. Strain into two coupe glasses. Add garnish, if you like. Serve.
Kitchen Notes
To squeeze or not to squeeze. We've always dutifully squeezed limes for fresh lime juice, but we recently saw a bartender using bottled fresh lime juice. It was a real aha moment for us. Unlike lemons, fresh limes are so unpredictable in terms of how much juice they'll produce. For us, the bottled stuff is an awesome, convenient find, but either works great and delivers the taste.