This week, we have a special Chinese New Year recipe for 2017 - the year of the Rooster.

Using Mandarin oranges and reposado tequila with our Fiesta rimming salt, we call this smashing citrus cocktail "The Rooster's Call." 

Besides using a high quality spirit and a flavourful cocktail rimmer, the trick to making a fantastic cocktail is using real fruit juice. Any drink is a thousand times better when you ditch the pre-made mixes. This tequila smash is especially fun because you get to muddle up the oranges!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz reposado tequila
• .5 oz lime juice
• 1 orange
• lime (for garnish)
• 1 tbsp grapefruit lime cocktail rimmer (rims 2 glasses)

Instructions:

1. Muddle one peeled orange in a mixing glass
2. Add ice, 1.5 oz reposado tequila, .5 oz lime juice to mixing glass and stir 
3. Pour 1 teaspoon of Fiesta cocktail rimmer on a plate
4. Moisten the rim of your glass with a lime wedge and evenly dip your glass into rimmer
5. Pour muddled mixture into rimmed glass and garnish with a lime wedge

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