Name: Margarita Negra
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Coffee liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Agave syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Margarita Negra
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Agave syrup
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of salt rim and dehydrated lime slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This coffee-flavoured tequila sour is more brown than "Negra" (black) but is a tasty riff on a Margarita. How much agave syrup you should use depends on how sweet/dry your coffee liqueur is and your or your guest's palate.

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AKA: Black Margarita, Coffee Margarita

Nutrition:

One serving of Margarita Negra contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.66% alc./vol. (19.66° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Theo Clark

10th November 2024 at 01:26

Comments about this being too sour make my head spin, I found this too sweet, and that was with Luxardo Espresso, a much dryer coffee liqueur. That said, this is a delightful, delicious Margarita variant and I really dig it. 2-3 barspoons of agave syrup is what I'll use going forward.

Yorey C

28th June 2024 at 19:42

too sour!

Simon Difford

4th July 2024 at 20:10

Agreed, as do other commentators. Hence, I have reworked the recipe to better balance. However, this is dramatically affected by your choice of coffee liqueur.

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Thomas Faherty

21st November 2023 at 02:41

Adding 0.25 oz. Of dark roast home brewed coffee to this adds an nice extra complexity on the back end taste. It's really fantastic.

Avery Garnett

24th May 2023 at 18:32

Something...really isn't right here. It's like something is horrifically off between the coffee and lime and not in a nice way like Fernet..

Steve Havas

9th February 2023 at 02:33

Add ginger syrup for a bit extra

Michaël Van Den Eede

19th January 2023 at 22:05

Looking forward to making this for my Margarita-loving friends!

Andrew Gelb

12th January 2023 at 21:42

I make mine with equal amounts (1oz) each of tequila, lime juice, and coffee liqueur), but bumping up the tequila sounds like a good idea. May I suggest a light sprinkling of Taijin over the top of the drink in the glass, it adds a nice bit of complexity with a wee touch of heat.

Andrei G

2nd January 2023 at 00:03

This is a pretty genius concoction. Depending on the coffee liqueur you use, you can make it even blacker by topping with additional coffee (filter or even espresso). Great as a hangover cure :)