No. 8 Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated March 24, 2025
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The Kings Ginger helps emphasize the delicately earthy flavor of unsmoked Fidencio mezcal in this refreshing spin on the Paloma from John McCarthy.

Notes: If you can't track down the Fidencio Sin Humo, use a white tequila—the smokiness of other mezcals would likely overpower the other flavors in this drink.

Don't use bottled juices for this drink—squeeze them fresh.

Recipe Details

No. 8 Recipe

Prep 5 mins
Active 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Serves 1 serving
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

  • 1 ounce ruby red grapefruit juice

  • 3/4 ounce The King's Ginger

  • 1 ounce Fidencio Sin Humo (no smoke) Mezcal (see note)

  • 1 dash orange bitters

  • Orange twist or orange wheel

Directions

  1. Add lime juice, grapefruit juice, King's Ginger, mezcal, and orange bitters to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass, garnish with orange twist or orange wheel and serve.

Special equipment

cocktail shaker and strainer

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
853 Calories
2g Fat
182g Carbs
12g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1
Amount per serving
Calories 853
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 1%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 17mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 182g 66%
Dietary Fiber 28g 100%
Total Sugars 123g
Protein 12g
Vitamin C 751mg 3,753%
Calcium 513mg 39%
Iron 2mg 12%
Potassium 2300mg 49%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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