L.a. Recipe
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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Garnish
Method
Cocktail
Chill glass
Place a coupe or rocks glass in the freezer, or fill it with ice water to chill while you build the cocktail.
Add 2 oz reposado tequila, 0.75 oz Aperol, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz agave nectar (or simple syrup), and 2 dashes orange bitters into a cocktail shaker.
Fill the shaker with ice (about 1 cup) to properly chill and dilute the cocktail.
Shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until the shaker is well chilled and slightly frosty to the touch. This ensures proper dilution and integration of ingredients.
Discard ice or water from the chilled glass. Double-strain the cocktail into the chilled coupe or a rocks glass filled with fresh ice using a Hawthorne strainer and a fine-mesh sieve to remove small ice shards and any pulp.
Garnish with a lime wheel on the rim and a thin orange twist expressed over the drink (twist the peel skin-side down over the glass to release oils) and drop or place it gently on top.
Serve immediately.
Garnish
Cut a thin orange twist (about 1/2 inch wide, 2–3 inches long). Hold it skin-side down above the drink and give it a firm twist to release the oils, then run it around the glass rim and place it on the cocktail.
Cut a lime wheel (about 1/8 inch thick) and slit halfway through so it can sit on the rim of the glass, or float it on top of the drink.