Instructions

Step 1

Muddle 3 slices cucumber with lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila, syrup, Aperol and ice. Shake vigorously and pour over a large ice cube into a tumbler; garnish with a cucumber slice.

Drinks

Ho’opono Potion

Name: Ho'opono Potion
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 4 slices cucumber; 1 oz. fresh lime juice, plus wedge; 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. silver tequila; 3 ⁄ 4 simple syrup; 1 ⁄ 2 Aperol

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

MICHAEL KRAUS

Happy hour tastes like paradise with a bracing cocktail of cucumber, tequila, and fresh lime juice from Monkeypod Kitchen in Ko Olina, Hawaii. This recipe first appeared in our October 2013 issue with the article A Toast to Paradise.

Ingredients

4 slices cucumber
1 oz. fresh lime juice, plus wedge
1 ¹⁄₂ oz. silver tequila
³⁄₄ simple syrup
¹⁄₂ Aperol

Instructions

Step 1

Muddle 3 slices cucumber with lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila, syrup, Aperol and ice. Shake vigorously and pour over a large ice cube into a tumbler; garnish with a cucumber slice.

Muddle 3 slices cucumber with lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila, syrup, Aperol and ice. Shake vigorously and pour over a large ice cube into a tumbler; garnish with a cucumber slice.