The Desert Bloom

Name: The Desert Bloom
Prep time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz hibiscus tea (brewed strong and cooled); 1.5 oz prickly pear syrup; 0.5 oz fresh lime juice; 1 oz sparkling water; Tajín + flaky sea salt blend, for rim; Ice; Lime wheel and cactus pick, for garnish

A vivid magenta prickly pear and hibiscus mocktail with a Tajín rim, inspired by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 8 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Easy

The Desert Bloom mocktail — vivid magenta prickly pear and hibiscus drink with Tajín rim

Ingredients

2 oz hibiscus tea (brewed strong and cooled)
1.5 oz prickly pear syrup
0.5 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz sparkling water
Tajín + flaky sea salt blend, for rim
Ice
Lime wheel and cactus pick, for garnish

Instructions

Mix the Tajín-salt rim: combine equal parts Tajín and flaky sea salt on a small plate.
Wet the rim of a rocks glass with lime juice and dip into the Tajín-salt blend.
Fill the glass with ice.
Combine hibiscus tea, prickly pear syrup, and lime juice. Stir well.
Pour over ice and top with sparkling water.
Garnish with a lime wheel on the rim.

Category: mlb-mocktails

Tags: diamondbacks, mlb, prickly-pear, hibiscus, arizona, baseball, desert, spicy