Hapi Papi

OK—last year I covered St Patrick’s Day. This year it’s Cinco de Mayo. (I honor all peoples every day with a fine drinking holiday, really.) Today’s offering is a riff on one I spotted in Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica! called Happy Buddha, and transformed without much ado into a guava Margarita. (Cross out rum....)



Hapi Papi

• 4 oz guava nectar (Ceres)
• 1 1/2 oz resposado tequila (Hornitos)
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/4 oz Cointreau

Shake with crushed ice and pour into suitably happy container. Lime garnish, straw.
SOURCE: ADAPTED FROM THE HAPPY BUDDHA, FROM JEFF “BEACHBUM” BERRY, INTOXICA!

The original version calls for Rose’s Lime Cordial but is plenty sweet with fresh lime. It also calls for the old school Hawaiian-style rum (Okolehao) but responds really well to the tequila treament. I can still taste an almost rose petal wine note that would compliment the original rum or a rhum agricole.