Mezcalini Smoked Cocktail Recipe

Name: Mezcalini Smoked Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup mezcal; 1 cup fresh lime juice (it must be fresh); ¾ cup simple syrup or smoked simple syrup; 2 tablespoons Cointreau (or other orange-flavored liqueur); 1 medium-size cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into ¼-inch dice (about 1 cup); 1 bunch fresh yerba buena, spearmint, or peppermint, rinsed, shaken dry, and separated into sprigs; ½ cup smoked salt (use a good commercial brand or make your own following the instructions here) or kosher salt; 1 lime wedge, for moistening the glass rims; 6 jumbo ice cubes or 18 to 20 regular or smoked ice cubes

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Cross a margarita with a mojito and you get a Mezcalini. Add smoke and you achieve nirvana. Recipe from Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke, Episode 210.

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Ingredients

1 cup mezcal
1 cup fresh lime juice (it must be fresh)
¾ cup simple syrup or smoked simple syrup
2 tablespoons Cointreau (or other orange-flavored liqueur)
1 medium-size cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into ¼-inch dice (about 1 cup)
1 bunch fresh yerba buena, spearmint, or peppermint, rinsed, shaken dry, and separated into sprigs
½ cup smoked salt (use a good commercial brand or make your own following the instructions here) or kosher salt
1 lime wedge, for moistening the glass rims
6 jumbo ice cubes or 18 to 20 regular or smoked ice cubes