Margarita

Sugar free, and built around a botanical distillate of citrus peels and pink pepper with a hint of sea salt worked in, so you get the rim flavor without the rim. The pink pepper is the interesting move. It provides a light peppery grip where a real margarita would have tequila bite, and it stops the can from reading as plain limeade. Clever is a Canadian brand that distills its own botanical infusions rather than blending flavored syrups, which is why these finish drier than most canned mocktails on the same shelf. This one comes in 355ml cans, twelve per case, at less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, so it is very low rather than absolute zero. Pour it over ice in a salted glass with a lime wheel. It holds its own next to tacos, ceviche, or anything cooked over fire.