Tia Mia

The Tia Mia (a play on Mai Tai) is the mezcal version of the tiki classic. The addition of smoky mezcal gives added depth to a tropical, fruit forward cocktail.  

Ingredients:

• ½ oz Classic Gum Syrup
• ½ oz Almond Orgeat Syrup
• 1 oz Jamaican rum
• 1 oz mezcal
• ½ oz orange liqueur
• 1 oz lime juice

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds
• Strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass
• Garnish with a mint sprig and a lime wheel

Glass:

• rocks 

Garnish:

• mint sprig, lime wheel
  

Photo:

Scott Kallstrand