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Rest, hours1 → 2 across 5 cooks2hoursat v6
v6 · 30 Sept — Rested 2 hours instead of 1
The changes in v6
Rested 2 hours instead of 1
Close to the best
v6 · 30 Sept · against v5
Close to their best. Worth keeping.
What v6 taught
“Glass-clear. Same again.”
So far
Six versions since June 2026. The best yet is v5, after turns at v3. Last cooked 12 days ago.
The recipe
As it stands, at v6
v1v2v3v4v5v6
Ingredients
mezcal
pineapple juicechanged once, last at v4
lime juice
simple syrupchanged once, last at v5
green tea
whole milkchanged 2 times, last at v3
In the glass
Strength
14.0% abv
an old fashioned: 40.1
Sugar
9.1g / 100 ml
an old fashioned: 9.3
Acid
0.59%
an old fashioned: 0.00
Built over ice, the water depends on the ice and the wait — these are the numbers before it.
Beside an old fashioned: 60ml bourbon · 7.5ml rich simple syrup · 2 dashes angostura bitters, made the same way.
What's been moving
Both halves have moved: the whole milk most among the ingredients, and steps 2 and 3 in the method.
Never touched: 300ml mezcal · 75ml lime juice · 150ml green tea
Method
01
Mix the mezcal, pineapple, lime, syrup and tea
300ml mezcal150ml pineapple juice75ml lime juice100ml simple syrup150ml green tea
02
Pour it slowly into the milk — never the milk into it
190ml whole milk
03
Rest 2 hours in the fridge, undisturbed
2 h
04
Strain through a coffee filter, pouring the first cloudy run back through the curds
05
Bottle and chill; serve over a large cube
How it runs
The method in time — what needs hands, and what can happen at once.
2h 30on the table
Every step waits for the one before, as written. 15 min of it needs your hands.
0+30 min+1h+1h 30+2h+2h 30
2:30On the table
needs your hands hands-off length guessed
What it's taught its cook
Rest, hours
1 → 2 hours across 5 cooks.
Made their own
Cooks who started a line from this one — and how far they've taken it.