So, I ordered a drink in a restaurant and went home and replicated it but its been years and I don’t remember the restaurant anymore. I do that sometimes and sometimes I snap a shot of the menu (or take one home) to fiddle with it till it tastes right. It’s a good way to teach yourself balance. This drink is great. The mezcal is smoky the salt is smoky and the lemon/honey balance brightens it up.
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ ounces mezcal (I used Monte Alban)
- ½ ounce honey or to taste
- ½ of a lemon
- Smoked sea salt (Alder Smoked Sea Salt from “India Tree”)
Add the lemon, mezcal and honey into the mixing glass then stir with a barspoon. The reason I do this is because honey is really hard to mix when cold so just shaking it up would cause clumps to form. Then shake it with ice in your, um, shaker, yeah. Rim the glass with the smoked salt* and pour the drink in. I like to double strain it to get the small crunchy ice flecks out and drop a few fresh cubes in.
*The smoked salt that I used is really coarse so I need to grind it in a mini pestle and mortar that I have.
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