Name: Spicy Smoky Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Chilli liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Agave syrup

Spicy Smoky Margarita
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Photographed in an Everest Rocks Glass 12oz / 355ml

Ingredients:
1 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilli liqueur
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Agave syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange juice & Tajín seasoning rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

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Review:

Just as it says on the tin, but delicately smoky and subtly spicy.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Spicy Smoky Margarita contains 138 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
18.16% alc./vol. (18.16° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Morten Carlsbaek

16th May 2022 at 17:27

Really good and even better like this:
20 ml reposado tequila + 2 dash smoky chilli sauce
(preferred instead of 20 ml mezcal + 1 dash tabasco)
20 ml triple sec liqueur/Cointreau
20 ml Ancho Reyes Original
30 ml lime juice
10 ml agave sirup

HARRIS FREEDMAN

10th March 2022 at 00:08

I always preferred a Mezcal margarita but this is the perfect recipe. I use slightly more than 1/4 ounce of Ancho Reyes.

Jack Reid

13th February 2022 at 04:51

"Delicately smoky and subtly spicy" is another perfect description. Classic Margarita taste with a hint of spice heat in the back of your palate and a light taste of smoke as you swallow. Very nice.

Holly Monroe

12th February 2022 at 12:33

The perfect margarita

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