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Ingredients

• 2 oz añejo mezcal
• 0.5 oz chile liqueur
• 0.25 oz fresh tamarind syrup
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• Large cubed ice
• Glass: Single Old Fashioned glass (or rocks glass)

Instructions
This cocktail is built in a Single Old Fashioned (or rocks) glass. Add the following ingredients to the glass.

• Add two dashes of bitters. (Angostura is readily available and should work.)
• Next, add 2 oz of añejo (aged) mezcal. Alternatively, you can use a reposado or blanc mezcal, and if not available, use tequila.
• Add .5 oz of chile liqueur. (Ancho Reyes is popular, but any chile liqueur will work.)
• Add .25 oz of tamarind syrup. (Liquid Alchemist is a popular store-bought brand.) 
• Add ice. (A big rock ice cube is preferable, but if you don't have it, your refrigerator ice will work just fine.)
• Stir to properly chill and dilute your cocktail.
• Lastly, finish with a dehydrated orange slice.

NOTE: If you don’t have access to a chile liqueur or tamarind syrup, you can make a chile/tamarind simple syrup. Simply boil equal parts water and sugar to combine, add some chili peppers and tamarind pods. Reduce to simmer for 20 minutes. Let it sit to cool. You can bottle and use .75 oz of this, and combine steps 3 and 4.

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Ingredients

• 2 oz blanco tequila
• 0.5 oz amaretto
• 0.25 oz blue curaçao
• 0.75 oz lime juice
• 0.25 oz demerara sugar syrup
• Black salt and fresh lime (for garnish)
• Glass: Single Old Fashioned glass (or rocks glass)

Instructions
This cocktail is shaken. Add the following ingredients to your cocktail shaker.

• Start by rubbing a lime wedge across the lip of your glass, and dip the rim into a plate of black salt (or salt).
• Add 2 oz of blanco tequila. (If you have an aged or gold tequila or mezcal, this will work just fine.) 
• Add .5 oz amaretto to your shaker. Any almond liqueur will work. If you do not have this ingredient, try simple syrup (a solution that is equal parts sugar and water).
• Add .25 oz of blue curaçao. This is mainly for sweetness and color. If you don’t have any, you can use any other orange curaçao such as Cointreau, triple sec or Grand Marnier.
• Add .75 oz of fresh lime juice to your shaker. Try your best to get limes and make your own lime juice. If you don’t have a lime available, try a lemon (just not a Meyer lemon).
• Add .25 oz of demerara syrup. If you don’t have access to demerara sugar, another brown or turbinado sugar will work. In a pinch, plain cane sugar works just fine also.
• Add ice and shake your ingredients for about 10 seconds.
• Strain out the ingredients into a glass with fresh ice. (In a pinch, you can dump the ingredients into your rimmed glass.)
• Garnish with a lime wedge.

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Ingredients

• 1.5 oz tequila blanco
• 0.5 oz red bitter amaro
• 1 oz grapefruit-yuzu-vanilla cordial
• 0.25 oz lime juice
• Club soda
• Rosemary sprig
• Glass: Tom Collins glass

Instructions
This cocktail is shaken. Add the following ingredients to your cocktail shaker.

• Add 1.5 oz of blanco tequila to your shaker.
• Add .5 oz of a red bitter amaro. (Popular brands are Campari, Bruto Americano, Martini Bitter.)
• Add 1 oz grapefruit-yuzu-vanilla cordial. If you do not have this, you can use a simple syrup (equal parts water and sugar) and add a vanilla pod to simmer in mixture for at least 20 minutes.
• Add .25 oz fresh lime juice to your shaker.
• Whip/shake with a couple of ice cubes. (*Whipping is shaking your ingredients with a couple of ice cubes to combine, chill, but not over-dilute as you would with a large amount of ice.) You can also do a very short 2 second shake.
• Pour ingredients into glass. 
• Top with ice and club soda.
• Finish with a rosemary sprig garnish.

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Ingredients

• 2 oz spiced rum
• 0.75 oz passion fruit syrup
• 0.25 amaro
• 0.25 lime
• Crushed ice
• Cloves (for garnish)
• Orange (peel for garnish)
• Glass: Single Old Fashioned glass (or rocks glass)

Instructions
This cocktail is whip/shaken. Add the following ingredients to your cocktail shaker.

• Add 2 oz of spiced rum to your shaker. Alternatively, you can use what rum you have on hand.
• Add .75 oz of a passionfruit syrup to your shaker tin. Popular brands include: Small Hands, Liquid Alchemist, Chinola or Monin.
• Add .25 oz of amaro to your shaker. Amaro is an Italian, bitter liqueur digestivo fortified by many botanicals. Popular brands include: Averna, Montenegro, Ramazotti and Braulio. 
• Add .25 oz of fresh lime juice.
• Add a couple of cubes to the shaker and shake hard.
• Dump into a standard rocks glass or your favorite tiki mug or cup, if you want to have some fun.
• Top up with crushed ice.
• Garnish with an orange peel with cloves poked through the skin. This adds a great aroma!

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