Flor de Jalisco (Hibiscus Tequila Mule)This refreshing fuschia cocktail is as pleasing to the eye as it is to the tongue.

Agua de jamaica is a hibiscus infusion that you can easily brew at home. When making this gingery riff on the paloma cocktail, grapefruit juice can be swapped out for other fresh-squeezed citrus like pomelo, tangerine, or blood orange. Unabashedly nontraditional—in Mexico, hibiscus is not a conventional cocktail ingredient—the flor de Jalisco benefits from a ginger beer that skews spicy such as Ginger Lab

  • Serves

    makes 1 cocktail

  • Time

    5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. tequila blanco
  • ½ oz. agua de jamaica
  • ½ oz. fresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz. fresh lime juice
  • Ginger beer, to taste
  • 1 lime slice

Instructions

Step 1

To a shaker filled with ice, add the tequila, agua de jamaica, grapefruit juice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with the lime slice.
  1. To a shaker filled with ice, add the tequila, agua de jamaica, grapefruit juice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with the lime slice.
Drinks

Flor de Jalisco (Hibiscus Tequila Mule)

This refreshing fuschia cocktail is as pleasing to the eye as it is to the tongue.

  • Serves

    makes 1 cocktail

  • Time

    5 minutes

Flor de Jalisco (Hibiscus Tequila Mule)
PHOTO: LINDA PUGLIESE • FOOD STYLING: CHRISTINE ALBANO • PROP STYLING: CARLA GONZALEZ-HART

By Shannon Mustipher


Updated on June 8, 2022

Agua de jamaica is a hibiscus infusion that you can easily brew at home. When making this gingery riff on the paloma cocktail, grapefruit juice can be swapped out for other fresh-squeezed citrus like pomelo, tangerine, or blood orange. Unabashedly nontraditional—in Mexico, hibiscus is not a conventional cocktail ingredient—the flor de Jalisco benefits from a ginger beer that skews spicy such as Ginger Lab

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. tequila blanco
  • ½ oz. agua de jamaica
  • ½ oz. fresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz. fresh lime juice
  • Ginger beer, to taste
  • 1 lime slice

Instructions

Step 1

To a shaker filled with ice, add the tequila, agua de jamaica, grapefruit juice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with the lime slice.
  1. To a shaker filled with ice, add the tequila, agua de jamaica, grapefruit juice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with the lime slice.

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