Cocktail · Medium strength
Naked and Famous
Mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol, lime — smoky, herbal, impossible to forget.
How to order it: The Paper Plane's mezcal-drinking cousin. Equal parts, shaken, coupe.
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The recipe
- ¾ oz mezcal
- ¾ oz yellow Chartreuse
- ¾ oz Aperol
- ¾ oz lime juice
- Shake; coupe
The story
The Naked and Famous was created around 2011 by Joaquín Simó at Death & Co in New York, who cheerfully described it as the bastard child of the Last Word and the Paper Plane, and named it after a Tricky song. The formula is equal-parts arithmetic with a smoky accent: mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol, lime. It arrived just as mezcal was conquering American back bars, and it gave the spirit a gateway drink, herbal and bittersweet enough to flatter the smoke rather than fight it. It endures as proof that the modern classics now breed among themselves, and that the offspring can outshine the parents.
Classic variation
The Naked and Famous is a riff on a classic. Meet the original:
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