Name: 50:50 Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Reposado tequila; 25 ml Blanco tequila; 12.5 ml Triple sec; 12.5 ml Agave syrup; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 4 drop Margarita Bitters

Ingredients

5/6 fl oz

Patrón Reposado tequila

5/6 fl oz

Patrón Silver blanco tequila

5/12 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

5/12 fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

4 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of 50:50 Margarita contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.86% alc./vol. (37.72° proof)
19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico 3 hours ago

Amazin'! here in Mexico teens and grannies only drink Margaritas, is the most spread cocktail in the country, even more than the Paloma that is supposed to be the 'national cocktail'. This 50:50 was unexpected: so good, even after a whole life of margaritas in every meal. I used orange angostura since we do not have the Margarita bitters :(. -please describe how can I imitate the flavor for all the 121 countries were only have basic ingredients -so sad

Mel Donahue 1 week ago

Loved combining the two tequilas, really makes a difference. I don’t have margarita bitters so decided to add a couple dashes of Tabasco which tasted excellent.

Kevin Haynes 4 weeks ago

Most definitely is on the sweet side. Probably would tone down the agave some and up the triple sec. Or maybe just reduce the agave.

Olga María Gómez Henderson 2 months ago

It's very tasteful, though I think it's sweeter than the graphic says. Maybe a 6 would be better.

Simon Difford 2 months ago

Thanks, Olga. I agree! I've moved to a 6 for sweetness.

John CARR 6 months ago

This worked extremely well. As John hinojos comments, the split base really opens space for the citrus. I had run out of lime so went with pink grapefruit and lemon juice, roughly equal, and was very happy with the result. The margarita bitters work a treat to add structure and brilliant lavender and rosemary aromatics.

Florian Ruf 10 months ago

Brilliant, the combination of both tequilas makes a really great cocktail. For my personal taste it was a tad on the sweet side, so I suggest to be reluctant with the agave syrup.

Stephan Gröhn 3 years ago

As it turned out this variant is so far my preferred one. I did play with its basic idea a bit further and add 0,5 cl smoky Mezcal, 0,5 cl Amaro Averna (works always well with citrus fruits and substitutes here the Margarita Bitters) and did replace the agave sirup with Mastiha liqueur (which aromatic profile IMO harmonises well with agave based spirits).

John Hinojos 3 years ago

Living in San Diego and on the border with Mexico, we have a lot of different margaritas available.
This was excellent. The combination of the two different tequilas allow the citrus to shine. This is a very refreshing margarita and perfectly balanced. Worth a try.