Name: Maria Theresa Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Cranberry juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Agave syrup

Maria Theresa Margarita
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1 oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Agave syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Originally sweetened with sugar syrup, this is better smoothed with honey.

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Variant:

Honeyed Maria Theresa; Habsburg Margarita

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Victor J. Bergeron and published in his 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide Revised.

MARIA THERESA
1 ounce tequila
½ ounce cranberry juice
Juice of ½ lime
Shake in commercial electric drink mixer (or in shaker can with mixing glass) with ice cubes. Strain into chilled saucer champagne glass.
Victor J. Bergeron, 1972

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Nutrition:

One serving of Maria Theresa Margarita contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
15.35% alc./vol. (15.35° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Shannon Brown

12th January at 08:05

I gave it three stars; it was just meh. However, I should note that I made this cocktail right after trying the Monterita which is very similar (except for amaro) so I couldn’t help but compare the two and this one was flat and boring compared to the Monterita. The Monterita is very flavorful, so it was a Tough act to follow.

Melissa Demian

10th January at 03:32

I have just made this with coconut nectar rather than agave syrup, and the result is outstanding. Because the coconut nectar is something my friend brought back from Fiji, we are calling this variation the Maria Teresia for a more Pasifika flavour!

Miguel Perales

22nd April 2023 at 22:12

Very nice and refreshing. First time I've made one with cranberry juice and my wife and I really enjoyed it.

John Hinojos

15th May 2021 at 02:05

I really like margaritas with cranberry juice. This is outstanding. Not sweet, but use sugar based cranberry cocktail and not the ones with corn syrup.

Calvin Grant

9th November 2023 at 03:45

Great advice John. The best Cosmo I've ever had was made with pure 100% cranberry juice. Not this watered down high fructose corn syrup drivel that's so ubiquitous these days.

Jarrod Reid

31st December 2020 at 01:16

A little vacation in a glass. Easy to drink. Bright and evenly proportioned

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