Name: Tequila Mockingbird
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Reposado tequila; 15 ml Green crème de menthe; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Tequila Mockingbird
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with mint leaf floated on the cocktail or pegged/stuck with spot of honey to the rim.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Minty tequila.

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Variant:

Made with white créme de menthe instead of green créme de menthe.

History:

Named after Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, this is thought to have been created sometime in the 1960s.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tequila Mockingbird contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.96% alc./vol. (19.96° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

25th April at 21:36

Worked very well as accompaniment to Indian starters. Who needs mint sauce when you have mint tequila?

Avery Garnett

28th April 2024 at 11:41

It's not bad (it's quite good) but it is very weird. It's very minty in the "I'm expecting at the very least chocolate, if not cream" way but then you get agave and lime and tartness. It is very green though.

Kevin Haynes

1st January 2023 at 23:30

A minty margarita of sorts! Right up my alley, but I can see how others would not enjoy.

Dan Casselman

3rd June 2022 at 22:34

No es mi gusto. Although Jimador Reposado is my preferred Tequila I still could not finish this drink. And I did not have Gifford Peppermint, I had Phillips. (Sorry Liz, 3 of 8 of Her Maj’s Difford cocktails for the Jubilee)

Michael Cronin

28th April 2022 at 22:45

I've got vodka down; that was easy. Have a basic understanding and variety of whiskeys. I understand gin. My next stop is exploring tequilas. I used silver as that is all I have on hand. It's an interesting concoction. Not sure I will make it again, but here's to Atticus; he was a stand up guy.

Sally Morgan

5th March 2021 at 20:03

Should you happen to have an ironic bottle of creme de menthe knocking around (at what stage can you describe it as ‘vintage’?) then you could do a lot worse than this. Looks like mouthwash tastes lush.

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