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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Optional Rinse/Prep (for a brighter, more complex finish)
Method
Prep
Chill glass
If desired, chill a rocks glass or coupe by filling it with ice water while you build the drink, or place it in the freezer for a few minutes.
Build and Shake
Add 2 oz Lalo tequila, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz agave syrup, 0.5 oz Campari, 1 oz fresh blood-orange (or orange) juice, and 2 dashes orange bitters into a cocktail shaker.
Fill the shaker with ice to just above the liquid level (about 4–6 large cubes).
Shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until the shaker is very cold and well-aerated. This balances the citrus/agave with the bitter Campari and chills the drink quickly.
Strain and Finish
Discard ice or water from the chilled glass. Double-strain (use a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer) into the chilled rocks glass over one large ice cube or into a chilled coupe without ice, depending on preference.
Garnish with a thin wheel of blood orange perched on the rim or a lime twist expressed over the drink and dropped in.
Serve immediately. Sip to experience the tequila-forward base, bright citrus, gentle agave sweetness and the bitter-red note from Campari — together forming the cocktail 'Red.'