Especiado Cocktail
A warming spiced cocktail featuring hibiscus, aromatic spices, and tequila or mezcal. This Mexican-inspired drink combines the floral notes of hibiscus with warming spices like cinnamon, star anise, and cloves for a complex and festive cocktail.
Ingredients
- •2 cups dried hibiscus flowers
- •1 cup light brown sugar
- •4 sprigs rosemary
- •8 whole cloves
- •6 whole allspice berries
- •2 sticks cinnamon sticks
- •3 pods star anise
- •12 ounces tequila or mezcal
- •8 slices lemon
- •halved
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Bring hibiscus, brown sugar, rosemary, cloves, allspice berries, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star anise pods, and 12 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Cook until reduced by half, 50-60 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Chill hibiscus mixture until cold, at least 4 hours.
300 min
- 2.
Stir tequila into chilled hibiscus mixture and serve in rocks glasses filled with crushed ice. Garnish each cocktail with a cinnamon stick, a star anise pod, and a lemon slice.
5 min
- 3.
Do Ahead: Hibiscus mixture can be made 4 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.
