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October 2, 2020 Cocktails

TGIF with these Hibiscus Cocktails

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Is it just more or does time seem to come to a standstill on Friday afternoons?!?   My excitement may stem from my craving for a handcrafted cocktail utilizing a jar of hibiscus flowers in syrup.  A rare find in the pantry leftover from a pre-Covid shopping trip.  Remember shopping?!?

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Back in the day when one could wander down an aisle without a hazmat suit, I loved to pick up random ingredients for future inspiration.  And goodness knows, my happy hour could use a little inspo.  Which is why I took it upon myself to whip up not 1, but 2 Hibiscus Cocktails for your drinking pleasure.  You’re welcome.

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Hibiscus Cocktail #1: Smokey Hibiscus Mezcal Margarita 

This Smokey Hibiscus Mezcal Margarita is everything I love about a perfectly crafted cocktail. 

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Smokiness comes from the mezcal (if you haven’t tried it, you really must) and the Tajin seasoning on the rim of the glass.  I just scored some on Amazon, since I’m not hitting up the international markets like I used to.  

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

I used four tablespoons of the syrup for two cocktails.  But, I’ve learned that I like my cocktails a little less sweet than most.  So play around with it.  Start with less, and you can always add more.  

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Get the recipe at the end of the post.

Hibiscus Cocktail #2: Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

I’ve been drinking more vodka sodas these days than in days past.  My palate needs a break from beer.  (Words I never thought I’d say.)  Anywho, this Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda brings a little more fun to the party than a plain ol’ vodka soda.  

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

I dig the garnish for this drink.  The flowers in syrup are just too much fun not to use.  Keep in mind, if you do plop a flower or two down in the drink, use a little less syrup.  The flowers are soaked in the stuff, so adding them to your cocktail will make it sweeter.

Get the recipe at the end of the post.

TGIF!  Be sure to add these Hibiscus Cocktails to your Cocktail Pinterest Board!

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Smokey Hibiscus Mezcal Margarita

Yield: 2 cocktails
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Need a new marg to spruce up Taco Tuesday? This Smokey Hibiscus Mezcal Margarita is EVERYTHING you need right now!

Ingredients

  • 4 Tbsp. Hibiscus Syrup (use more if you like a sweeter cocktail)
  • 6 Tbsp. mezcal
  • 6 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 1 small orange, thinly sliced
  • Tajin (Mexican chili-lime seasoning)

Instructions

  1. Add Tajin to a small rimmed plate. Add a few tablespoons of water to a second small rimmed plate. Dip each margarita glass in the water, then in the Tajin to create a seasoned salt rim. Set aside.
  2. Add hibiscus syrup, mezcal, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and then strain into each glass.
  3. Dip one side of each orange into the tajin seasoning, then set it on the rimmed glass.
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Celebrate the weekend with handcrafted hibiscus cocktails including a Smokey Hibiscus Margarita with mezcal and a Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda.

Hibiscus Lime Vodka & Soda

Yield: 1
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Our Hibiscus Lime Vodka and Soda is absolutely refreshing. Make this handcrafted cocktail for your next at-home happy hour.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces vodka
  • 3/4 ounce hibiscus syrup
  • 1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lime
  • Chilled soda water
  • Garnish: hibiscus flowers (from the syrup), and lime wedges

Instructions

  1. Combine vodka, hibiscus syrup and lime in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, then strain over a cocktail glass.
  2. Top with chilled soda water.
  3. Garnish with a hibiscus flower and lime wedge.
© Katie Harding, Forks and Folly
Need more ideas for your at-home happy hour  Try our Spicy Pineapple Margarita (another F&F fave) or this seasonally appropriate Midnight Margarita.  It’s perfectly creepy!

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Categories: Cocktails Tags: cocktails, vegetarian

About Katie

Katie Harding has been blogging since 2010. What originally started out as a platform to discuss new parenthood, her blogging now focuses on her passion for cooking: creating recipes and sharing tips for entertaining friends and family of all ages. Outside of the kitchen you’ll find her with her family (three boys, one husband, multiple exchange student daughters, and Hank the pup), or gallivanting around the world with her fork in tow.

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