Nix’s Oaxaca Old-Fashioned

Keep it classy with the mezcal and some fire.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ ounces reposado tequila

• ½ ounce mezcal

• 1 teaspoon agave nectar

• 1 dash Angostura bitters

• Strip of orange peel with pith, one inch wide

Directions

Combine liquids in a cocktail shaker with a generous handful of ice. Stir until well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.

Hold a lighted match over drink in one hand and orange peel in other hand, with orange side facing flame and about an inch away. Carefully and quickly squeeze orange peel until oils spark. Put out match and drop peel into cocktail.

Adapted from nytimes.