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About This Recipe

Yield: Makes 1 cocktail (Syrup recipe makes enough for 32 cocktails)
Active time: 5 minutes
Total time: 20 to 25 minutes
Special equipment: Shaker, strainer

Ingredients

  • For the jalapeño agave syrup:
  • 5 jalapeño peppers, roughly sliced
  • 16 ounces boiling water
  • 16 ounces agave syrup
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  • For the cocktail
  • 2 ounces blanco tequila, such at Tequila Cabeza by The 86 Company
  • 1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice from 1 grapefruit
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice from 1 lime
  • 2 dashes celery bitters, such as Bitter Truth
  • 3/4 ounce jalapeño agave syrup
  • 2 ounces club soda
  • Garnish: Pinch of sea salt and a lime wedge

Procedures

  1. In a heatproof container, muddle peppers into a paste. Pour 16 ounces boiling water over peppers and stir in agave syrup. Let steep for 20 minutes, then strain and discard solids.

  2. Add tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, celery bitters, and jalapeño agave syrup to shaker filled with ice. Shake until well chilled, about 15 seconds, and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Top with soda. Add a pinch of sea salt and lime wedge.