Crimes Of Passion
Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 20.2% ABV ∙
The Crimes Of Passion is a shaken tequila-and-mezcal sour built with passion fruit syrup, honey, and lime, served up in a coupe. Tropical passion fruit and honey lead, a smoky mezcal edge lingers underneath, and fresh lime keeps the finish tart rather than syrupy.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Rim the glass with Tajín seasoning
- Shake all ingredients with ice: Tequila reposado 45 mlMezcal 15 mlLime juice 15 mlPassion fruit syrup 15 mlHoney syrup 10 mlVanilla bitters 2 dashesSaline solution 1 dash
- Fine strain into the chilled glass
Tips
- Shake all seven components hard with ice - two spirits, lime, two syrups, vanilla bitters and a dash of saline - so the honey and passion fruit carry evenly rather than settling.
- Combine the honey syrup with the lime juice first before adding the other ingredients, since honey resists blending directly into cold tequila and mezcal.
- Fine-strain into the chilled coupe to catch any small ice shards, giving a silky texture that suits the passion fruit and honey syrup combination.
- Add the vanilla bitters and saline as two dashes and one dash respectively directly into the shaker, not as a float, so they integrate fully with the passion fruit and citrus.
History
Crimes of Passion is a modern tequila-and-mezcal sour created by bartender Hunter Orahood in 2018 at Attaboy, the cocktail bar in Manhattan, New York City. The drink pairs the two agave spirits with lime, passion fruit, and honey, a combination noted by cocktail writers as echoing the classic Daiquiri variation known as Don's Special, filtered through an agave-spirit lens.
