Name: Vanilla Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 4 drop Vanilla bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

2/3 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

2/3 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Monin Vanilla Syrup

4 drop

Bob's Vanilla bitters

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vanilla Margarita contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.12% alc./vol. (40.24° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

I first drank Vanilla Margaritas in 1998 at London's Café Pacifico and I drank a lot of them. I also drank VDQs (Vanilla Daiquiris) at Teatro on Shaftesbury Avenue - often on the same night. The former (Café Pacifico is an early evening haunt) was made with tequila infused with a vanilla pod while the latter (Teatro was most definitely a place to finish a night) was made with vanilla-infused Havana 3yo rum. And way before that, I drank McDonald's Vanilla shakes and ate vanilla ice-cream. Who doesn't like vanilla?

I used to, and sometimes still do, make my Vanilla Margaritas just the same way as my regular Margaritas, only based on vanilla-infused tequila (Café Pacifico-style) but thanks to a comment by Vincent Dufour on this very page, (on 5th December 2020) I developed this recipe (that's even better when also made with vanilla-infused tequila).

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great cocktail and perfect with Mexican food. We did not have the Vanilla Syrup so substituted Giffard Vanille de Madagascar. It was wonderful. Added a bit more alcohol to the drink, but a wonderful flavour.

Vincent Dufour 5y

Can we instead add vanilla syrup ? I think I will try :)

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

Your comment led me to updatd this page in your honour. Many thanks for encouraging me to revisit an old friend.

Vincent Dufour 5y

I feel honoured. Vanilla is a nice flavour and it matches with tequila. I am currently making a margarita serie on my instagram, which is a very interesting basic to explore.

Vanilla Margarita

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