21 PLUS/MINUS

21PLUS/MINUS: RETROGRADE RUM PUNCH

As the month of May comes to a close, a most dreadful day approaches: May 29, the next Mercury retrograde (dun, dun, DUN). While we can’t promise that your love life won’t turn upside down, your mental health won’t go down the shitter, and you won’t be confronted by a far-fetched epiphany about the meaning of life, we can promise you a strong drink infused with the positive energy you’ll need to cancel out the incoming funkiness.

3 oz. coconut rum ½ cup pineapple juice ½ cup orange juice 1 tsp. grenadine Pink Himalayan sea salt 1 lime Maraschino cherries

1. Slice a lime and run it around the rim of a glass. 2. Salt the rim of the glass with pink Himalayan salt. 3. Pour two shots of coconut rum, ½ cup of pineapple juice, and ½ cup of orange juice into a shaker with ice. 4. Add one teaspoon of grenadine and a squeeze of lime juice for good measure. 5. Stir for about 30 seconds and strain into your rimmed glass. 6. Add 2 or 3 maraschino cherries to a paper umbrella to garnish.

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