Author Notes: This recipe is by Niah Bystrom, bar manager of Essex.

In My Solitude

Serves 1

• Grapefruit wedge, for the glass
• Vanilla salt or kosher salt, for the rim of the glass
• 1 1/2ounces blanco tequila
• 3/4ounce Lillet
• 3/4ounce freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
• 1/4ounce orgeat syrup
• 3dashes Peychaud's bitters
• Grapefruit peel, for garnish

1. First, prepare a rocks glass. Put some vanilla salt (if you have it) or kosher salt on a small plate. Run the grapefruit wedge along the rim of the glass to wet it, then roll the glass in the salt. (We often roll only half of the rim, but you're welcome to do the whole thing.)
2. Put the tequila, Lillet, grapefruit juice, orgeat, and bitters in a cocktail shaker, add ice, and shake vigorously. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into the prepared rocks glass. Garnish with grapefruit peel.

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