Tamarind Paloma

Chef Lauro Romero, TD’s Pop Up @ Three Degrees (Portland, OR) created this Paloma riff with tamarind, a tree fruit packed with sweet/sour flavors, commonly found in Mexican and Asian cuisine. Tamarind is known for medicinal benefits like aiding indigestion, heart health, joint inflammation and more. He also serves it in a clay drinking vessel, a throwback to his childhood in Mexico.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. of Vida Mescal
4 oz. Tamarind Base**
Grapefruit Soda
Directions: Shake first two ingredients vigorously over ice (shake quite a bit); strain into Salt Rim Clay Pot filled with ice and top with soda. Bruleed grapefruit garnish.
Tamarind Base:
2 oz. seeded tamarind paste
.25 cup fresh lime juice
.25 cup sugar
1 cup fresh grapefruit juice
Directions: Combine all ingredients in blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a chinois.