La Pistola

A tequila blanco cocktail with Licor 43, coffee liqueur, orange and cocoa bitters, and smoked saline, served in a mezcal-rinsed rocks glass and garnished with a flamed orange twist. Preparation/total time includes an estimate based on the recipe steps; the creator did not specify every timing field.

By @anatomyofadrink

Original recipe source

Servings: 1

Ingredients

• 2 oz tequila blanco
• 0.5 oz Licor 43
• 0.5 oz coffee liqueur
• 4 dashes orange bitters
• 4 dashes cocoa bitters
• 2 dashes smoked saline solution (20%; smoked sea salt + water)

Instructions

1. Rinse a chilled rocks glass with mezcal. Glass is lightly coated with mezcal.
2. Add large-format ice to the prepared glass. Glass is filled with ice.
3. Add the tequila blanco, Licor 43, coffee liqueur, orange bitters, cocoa bitters, and smoked saline solution to a mixing glass. Ingredients are combined in the mixing glass.
4. Add ice and stir until chilled. Cocktail is chilled.
5. Strain into the prepared glass. Cocktail is strained into the rocks glass.
6. Garnish with a flamed orange twist. Garnish is in place.