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Mexican Contessa

Name: Mexican Contessa
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Blanco tequila
1 fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
1 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with orange slice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican Contessa contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
18.39% alc./vol. (36.77° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

An agave spirit-based riff on John Gertsen's gin-based Contessa, inspired by Tiago Carpenedo's Brazilian Contessa.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A mezcal and tequila-laced bittersweet aperitivo.

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$42.99 $0.86 per cocktail

Patron Silver tequila 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$24.99 $1.00 per cocktail Patron Silver tequila image

Luxardo Aperitivo 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$19.99 $0.80 per cocktail Luxardo Aperitivo image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.70 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 1y

Excellent! I love this combination of mezcal and tequila.

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