Ingredients

  • 1.5 ozreposado tequila
  • 0.5 ozmezcal
  • 1 tspagave nectar
  • 2 dashesAngostura bitters
  • 🍋flamed orange peel(garnish)

Instructions

  1. Add ice and stir until well chilled and properly diluted.
  2. Combine tequila and mezcal and agave nectar and bitters in a mixing glass.
  3. Drop the peel into the glass.
  4. Express an orange peel over the drink by holding a lit match between the peel and glass.
  5. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.

📜 History

Phil Ward created this drink at Death and Co in New York around 2007. It helped introduce American drinkers to mezcal and launched a wave of agave-based variations on classic templates.

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