
Taste and allow to steep for up to three more hours to taste. To infuse tequila, muddle 5-7 shishito peppers peppers in a large container, then add 1L of Roca Patrón Silver Tequila. Garnished with a blistered shishito pepper.ĥ-7 shishito peppers, seeds and stems removed (5 makes milder spirit, 7 makes a hotter spirit) Shake all ingredients together and strain into a well-chilled coupe glass. The Smoke on the Water cocktail at Jose Andres’s Bar Centro in Los Angeles literally smokes, thanks to a blast of liquid nitrogen its smoky flavor comes from a spritz of Islay Scotch. Step 6: Place the JetChill glass into the Vapour Cloud. The equipment should be placed fairly close together next to the cocktail. Step 5: Ready to Bubble Prepare a charged JetChill glass and fill a suitable flask with hot water. Step 4: Prepare the Bubble Lick by pouring into its shallow coupe. shishito pepper-infused Roca Patrón Silver Tequila* Step 3: Pour in your cocktail to the prepared glass. Also, available in a wide variety of flavours, smokers experiment by adding ice, fruit juice, milk, red bull or even wine to water in the glass vase in order to change the taste, texture, or effect of the smoke. Stop into Abacus and enjoy one of these cocktails (and a lobster shooter, obv.) or heat up the grill and blister some shishitos - which are in season right now - at home.ġ oz. The liquid inside a hookah is generally made by blending fresh dark leaves, fruit pulp, honey or molasses, and glycerin. Add in pepper-infused tequila and you’ll get a whisper of heat to make it more complex. The surprising lightness of the tequila pairs nicely with the bitter notes of the Aperol and the herbaceous qualities of the Yellow Chartreuse to create a well-balanced cocktail. Royal Rose Three Chile Syrup1/2 dropper of grapefruit bitters2 large wedges of overripe plum Muddle plum wedges with grapefruit juice in a shaker. For the uninitiated, Abacus’ Smoke on the Water is the perfect gateway drink to the smoky spirit, thanks to tequila infused with blistered shishito peppers. From our friend Risa James Photography 2 oz. Deep Cove (Water) A refreshing and herbaceous punch-style drink, Deep Cove may have been our favourite libation to come out of Botanist’s Cocktail Lab. Mezcal is a spirit made from agave, but with some seriously smoky notes. The cocktail is then smoked table-side with cedar wood aromas which escape the smoking box act as an indicator of the smouldering tipple inside. Cold-shaken and strained in rocks glass over fresh ice garnish with lemon twist. A relative to tequila has been showing up of late on cocktail menus all over Dallas. 3 Lapsang Souchong tea 2 Blue Note Juke Joint whiskey 1 brown sugar syrup ¼ lemon juice Garnish lemon twist.
