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Manzarita
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Manzarita

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Centro, Boulder • CO

To give this tequila smash an autumnal feel, bar manager Devlin DeVore adds apple juice ("apple" is manzana in Spanish) and cinnamon.

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  1. 1/2 lemon, quartered
  2. Pinch of ground cinnamon
  3. Ice
  4. 2 ounces blanco tequila
  5. 3/4 ounce elderflower liqueur
  6. 1 1/2 ounces apple juice
  7. 1 cinnamon stick
  1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon quarters with the ground cinnamon. Add ice and the tequila, elderflower liqueur and apple juice and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with the cinnamon stick.