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New Harry Styles calls for a new signature drink – freshly squeezed for your first listen.
About the cocktail
The time has come, friends and fangirls – after a three-year hiatus, esteemed marathon runner and professional gap-year-er Harry Styles has graced us with his latest studio album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally (or, as we know it around here, KATTDO). If the first single, ‘Aperture’, is anything to go by, this is a record best served with your finest friends, comfiest shoes and a fruity bev in-hand. We had a challenge on our hands: WWHD? (that’s ‘What would Harry drink?’, for the unacquainted). A Rolling Stone interview tells us he’s partial to tequila over ice, and we all know his penchant for watermelon. And so, the Kiss All The Time Paloma was born: a fruity, zesty, electric-pink cocktail that gives new life to the Watermelon Vodka Cruiser – split between friends and topped up with blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, lime and salt. It’s quick to make, so you can get to the listening party (or Netflix special) ASAP, and it’s served in a highball glass, so you don’t have to worry about spills or sticky floors as you bop along. Make it today, and perfect it in the lead-up to Harry’s Melbourne and Sydney tour dates later this year. As the man himself told Capital FM, “Come ready to dance.”
Ingredients
30mL blanco tequila 30mL pink grapefruit juice 15mL lime juice 75mL Watermelon Vodka Cruiser Pinch of salt Garnish: frozen watermelon wedge Glass: highball
Method
Add all ingredients to your glass Give it a gentle stir, and then fill the glass with cubed ice Garnish with a frozen watermelon wedge (see tips below)
Dan’s top tips
This is a pretty simple cocktail, which is maybe what we love most about it (aside from it being stupidly delicious). But, as always, fresh is best when it comes to the juices involved here. That said, if you can’t find any pink grapefruit to squeeze, bottled juice will also work nicely. And don’t forget to prep a little ahead for that showstopping frozen watermelon garnish. You’ll want to remove the rind, slice the watermelon into wedges and include a careful slit in the fruit to allow for how you want it to sit on the edge of the glass; making that cut after it freezes risks shattering the fruit. Also, be sure to place the wedges in the freezer in one layer to avoid any sticking together. This should take about three hours (that’s three-and-a-half KATTDO replays), but the longer the better. Our final tip? Harry’s new album is the essential soundtrack for sipping this cocktail with friends. And just like that album, we’re going Berlin-inspired on the accompanying snacks, so load up on pretzels – the large bready kind. Yoghurt, optional.
