The Punt e Mes
We've been very big fans of tequila this year and this months cocktail is an advanced breed not for the faint of heart. It's a new age riff that pile drives your face like a ton of smokey, bitter bricks, and we can't get enough of it. Use a blanco tequila for this one to really bring out those
grassy vegetable flavors in the tequila and then be blown away by the bitter herbal Italian vermouth, Punt e Mes (pronounced poohnt-eh-mess). Top it all off with lime juice and orange bitters and you have a true monster on your hands with levels of flavor you didn't know could fit into a rocks glass. Here's what you should do.
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 oz blanco tequila
3/4 oz Punt e Mes
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz agave syrup
2 dashes of orange bitters
1 orange twist
Preparation:
1. measure agave syrup, 2 dash of bitters, lime juice, Punt e Mes, and tequila into a mixing
glass then add ice
2. stir (counterclockwise) with a bar spoon for 45 seconds to 1 minute (until condensation
forms on the outside of the mixing glass)
3. pour into a rocks glass
4. garnish with an orange twist (express the orange peel-side-down into the glass and then rim
with the orange oil from the expressed peel)
5. serve, take it all in, and get the s**t knocked out of you
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