This is where

Summer starts.

Fresh watermelon gets blended down into something cold and vivid, shaken with lime, tequila, and just enough heat to wake it up. The tajín rim does the rest—salty, citrusy, a little messy in the best way.

It’s bright, refreshing, and made to be poured more than once.

Make a couple. Then make a pitcher.

It hits in layers: Sweet → Citrus → Heat → Salt

Profile: The watermelon keeps it light, the jalapeño gives it structure, and the tajín rim pulls everything together.

FLAVOR NOTES

Ingredients

For 1 drink

• 2 oz tequila (blanco preferred)

• 1 oz fresh lime juice

• ¾ oz triple sec (or Cointreau)

• 2 oz fresh watermelon juice (blended + strained)

• 1–2 slices jalapeño

• Pinch of cayenne (optional, for extra heat)

• Tajín + salt (for rim)

• Ice

Garnish

• Watermelon wedge

• Jalapeño slice

Directions

1. Rim the glass
   Run a lime wedge around the rim and dip into tajín + salt.

2. Make the juice
   Blend fresh watermelon until smooth, then strain.

3. Build the drink
   In a shaker, combine tequila, lime juice, triple sec, watermelon juice, jalapeño, and cayenne.

4. Shake
   Add ice and shake hard until cold.

5. Strain + serve
   Strain over fresh ice in your prepared glass.

6. Finish
   Garnish with a watermelon wedge and jalapeño slice.

BON APPÉTIT!

Press Play

Turn this on before the first pour.

Built on the sound of Grupo Niche, Frankie Ruiz, and La Dimensión Latina—fast, bright, and impossible to sit still to.

This is music for long afternoons that turn into something louder.

If nobody’s dancing yet, give it a minute.