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

Magic Bus
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Patrón 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)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Tequila-laced cranberry and orange. Our original recipe called for equal parts of all four ingredients but, this particular bus is a tad racier when fueled with a touch more tequila.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Magic Bus contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.81% alc./vol. (33.61° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Josh Harpoon

2nd May at 23:27

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

3rd May 2025 at 01:48

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

10th January 2025 at 20:19

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 McCarthy

25th May 2024 at 22:41

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

Simon Difford

26th May 2024 at 13:02

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

Lana Dragicevich

21st June 2023 at 15:45

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

Lana Dragicevich

23rd June 2023 at 16:46

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

Paloma Difford

22nd June 2023 at 10:01

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

John Hinojos

16th April 2023 at 01:38

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

25th March 2023 at 23:11

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

29th March 2023 at 19:48

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

peter holmes

5th March 2023 at 00:39

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.

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