Ingredients

2 oz

Empirical Ayuuk

1 oz

Lime juice

1 oz

Agave syrup

1 barspoon

Pasilla sauce

2 dashes

Grapefruit bitters

Build

1. 1Shake all ingredients with ice until very cold.
2. 2Double-strain into a chilled rocks glass over fresh ice.
3. 3Half-salt rim is optional but encouraged.

Margarita with the stabilizers off: full ounce of lime, full ounce of agave, a barspoon of pasilla sauce that mirrors Ayuuk's own Mixe chile, and grapefruit bitters to lift.