The Cocktail Everyone is Drinking This Summer

If there’s one thing I took away from my recent trip to Tulum, it’s a newfound love for mezcal: the agave-based liquor is like the cool older cousin of tequila. It’s a strong, smokey, and complex liquid, perfect as a base for creative cocktails. There are tons of mezcal makers in Mexico, but my girl gang and I fell hard for Gem & Bolt during our trip. I’ll be the first to admit that the artful packaging is probably what first grabbed us, but it was the smooth drinkable quality that had us ordering round after round. Our friend Maria Ronchi is the head bartender at Tulum’s famed Gitano restaurant, as well as a self proclaimed bruja mezcalera moderna (aka “modern mezcal magician”). She created this mezcal-based cocktail recipe during the 2016 Day Zero music festival. “For sure this cocktail was the big drinkable hit of the festival,” she says. “Created to relax and empower at ...read the rest of the story here

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