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Cactus Bloom

Silver tequila, cranberry juice, and a dash of lime shaken with fresh mint and served in a sugar-rimmed highball -- a familiar tequila-and-cranberry pairing given a minty fresh twist.

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4 min Serves 1 ~7.8% ABV
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Ingredients

  • 6 leaf
  • 1 oz
  • 4 oz
  • 0.125 oz
  • (garnish)
  • (garnish)

Glassware:

Ice: Ice cubes

Equipment: Jigger, Cocktail shaker

Steps

  1. 1Tear the mint leaves in half and add them to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  2. 2Add the tequila, cranberry juice, and lime juice to the cocktail shaker.
  3. 3Shake vigorously.
  4. 4Wet the edge of a highball glass and rim it with sugar.
  5. 5Fill the glass with ice. Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the highball glass.
  6. 6Garnish with a lime wedge.

Garnish: Lime wedge

Story

Tequila and cranberry do not need to form a Cranberry Margarita to be delicious.

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