Name: Espresso Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 7.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Agave syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Espresso Margarita
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1 fl oz	Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Agave syrup (agave nectar)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and coffee beans.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The Espresso Martini meets the Margarita.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Dre Masso in 2016.

I featured a twist on the Espresso Martini using tequila on the Green and Red menu (2005-2010), but it wasn't until much later, whilst touring the US in 2016 that I first tried combining The Tommy's margarita with espresso. I had a feeling that the lime would work with the acidity of the coffee. I had to reduce the citrus down to a third to make it balance correctly.
Dre Masso, February 2024

Nutrition:

One serving of Espresso Margarita contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.4% alc./vol. (32.81° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

3rd August at 23:45

The liquid parts tasted good. The salt on the rim however was joltingly out of whack with the otherwise mild concoction. I wiped it off after two sips. ☆☆☆☆