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Mexican Lover

Name: Mexican Lover
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Añejo tequila; 25 ml Cognac (brandy); 25 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Olmeca Altos Añejo tequila
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican Lover contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.25% alc./vol. (52.49° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

A forgotten cocktail from the 1980s/90s.

Review

A tequila and brandy-based Manhattan. When I first made this cocktail, I concluded that it needed bitters. It doesn't, but if you do add bitters then vanilla, Boker's, or Abbott's all work better than Angostura or similar aromatic bitters.