Cima Summer Special: A Spicy, Tropical Cocktail

Name: Cima Summer Special: A Spicy, Tropical Cocktail
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Tony Edgerton , Bar Cima , New York City

Photo: Liz Clayman

June 28, 2023

Cima Summer Special spicy tropical cocktail

Bar Cima in New York City will always have a signature cocktail called Cima Special on their menu, but its ingredients will change every season to keep up with fresh flavors. To celebrate the heat of summer, beverage director Tony Edgerton created this spicy, tropical cocktail with pineapple juice and passion fruit liqueur. “What’s better than a spicy passion fruit and pineapple Margarita paired with some fresh guacamole, 28 floors up, surrounded by the city?” Edgerton asks.

Ingredients

1 oz. reposado tequila (Bar Cima uses Tapatio)
1/2 oz. mezcal (Bar Cima uses Bozal Ensamble)
1/2 oz. passion fruit liqueur
1/4 oz. Ancho Reyes Verde
1/2 oz. fresh pineapple juice
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. honey syrup
3 dashes fire tincture (or use Scrappy's Firewater Habanero Tincture)
tajin salt rim
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Fire Tincture
8 oz. Everclear
1 barspoon achiote paste
2 small dried chile peppers
1 diced fresh jalapeño

Tools:shaker, strainer, fine-mesh strainer
Glass:rocks
Garnish:lime wheel and pineapple frond

Preparation

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously, fine strain into a tajin-rimmed rocks glass over ice. Garnish.

Fire TinctureAdd all of the ingredients to a bowl and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 4-6 hours. Afterward, fine strain to remove particulates and add to a bitters dasher bottle.