Name: Magic Bus
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Cranberry juice; 22.5 ml Orange juice

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz

Olmeca Altos Reposado Tequila

³⁄₄ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Cranberry juice (sweetened)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Magic Bus contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.28% alc./vol. (32.56° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Josh Harpoon 27w

Made this Magic Bus today with some cranberry liqueur iso juice. Very nice indeed.
By the way, Magic Bus is a fantastic live song by The Who Live at Leeds album, legendary!

John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Made this again with blood orange juice and anejo tequila. It was great. The tang from the blood oranges with the more mature taste of the anejo worked perfectly together.

margaret badger 1y

Since discovering this wonderful website (a Friday night lockdown discovery - even COVID had a silver lining!!) and working our way through numerous cocktails, this is the first cocktail that I’ve poured away. I suppose it had to happen one day! (If my opinion is worth anything - found it too sweet and slightly artificial- not going to try alternative tequilas etc. - still got plenty of others to try on a Friday night!).

Peter M Premium Member 2y

@Simon, I think this one could be added to the Breakfast/brunch Style?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Thanks, Peter. I've added this to the breakfast/brunch category.

Lana Dragicevich 3y

I've got Vivir Anejo, Altos Plata and Don Angel Oro at home. Which one would be best for this cocktail?

Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Hi Lana, I'd give it a try with the Altos ?

Lana Dragicevich 3y

I used the Altos. Husband declared it lovely and light and perfect for a warm summer's afternoon. Result!

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Very delightful cocktail. Our cranberry juice is unsweetened, which made the cocktail a little more sour, but perfect for how we like tequila cocktails. Worth trying.

Dávid Ugróczi 3y

I know that equal parts recipes shouldn't be tampered with but adding 15 ml of lime juice and 5 ml of grenadine greatly improved this drink.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Agreed, David. However, wanting to maintain just four ingredients I've updated by simply upping the tequila.

peter holmes Premium Member 3y

Not my favourite, but this could be my Wife's new, new best friend. Never thought I had married a tequila monster. Nice and fruity with Smoky aftertaste. Be careful of the tequila, use cheap stuff and you will ruin this cocktail as it predominates.