Name: New Orleans Minute
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7.5 ml Mezcal; 50 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon and orange zests twists and coffee beans.

Method

RINSE glass with mezcal (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.

STIR other ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into mezcal rinsed glass.

Garnish

Express lemon and orange zest twists over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on the surface to represent health, wealth and happiness.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of New Orleans Minute contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
25.22% alc./vol. (50.44° proof)
24.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 8w

Too sweet and cherry forward as written. Second attempt cut the syrup in half, cut the Maraschino down to 10 ml. Less impactful and rounded, but the component flavors are better balanced. Didn't know about the mezcal dump until I read the comments. Makes no sense. It's essential for the overall dimension.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 16w

Lovely cocktail. Maybe a distant Azzuri offspring of those simple, pure and wonderful 'old timey' Old Fashioneds. For us, the 7.5ml volume of Mezcal as a rinse is a bit indulgent...2.5ml worked just fine.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 16w

Since the cocktail's name references 'The Big Easy' (for no apparent reason), we might try a rinse of Absinthe instead of the Mezcal next time around.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 16w

The Absinthe rinse worked mighty fine for us...2.5ml was enough.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 16w

Do rember the coffee beans, important for the taste and smooth integration of the other ingredients.
Next time, I will try halving or skipping the 5 ml sugar syrup, and use a little less orange bitters.

eddie richards Premium Member 25w

For anyone wanting to try a dry (less sweet) agave forward variation while keeping the idea intact:
45 ml Olmeca Altos Reposado Tequila
15 ml Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
20 ml Dolin Dry Vermouth
10 ml Maraska Maraschino Liqueur
2 dash Angostura Orange Bitters
1–2 drops saline (optional)

Stir with ice until properly chilled and diluted
Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora

Garnish
Express lemon zest and orange zest over the surface
Discard lemon peel, keep orange twist (optional)
Light grating of dark chocolate over the top

Justin Aniello 1y

Good variation on the New York Minute, a lightly smoky version. I threw all the mezcal in (7.5 ml to rinse a glass?) and it didn't overpower the drink, but I also like smokiness in general.

Nicholas Wilson 1y

Wonderful evening sipper. Absolutely keep all the mezcal in!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

This is a really good cocktail. It's kind of a shame you discard the unused mezcal because it really does wonders in this cocktail, and I wish there was more of it. I'd say - use 0.7cl mezcal as an ingredient and keep everything else. It's a wonderful cocktail where the Maraschino is surprisingly subdued. The agave notes from the Tequila is certainly building the backbone, but all the other ingredients circle around it and make themselves noticed.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 16w

I did, and 7.5 ml mezcal in the cocktail as an ingredient does not dominate after letting the drink sit a minute.

Matt Premium Member 1y

Excellent - delicious notes from the maraschino (not overwhelming, I'm surprised you can use this much maraschino and not have it obnoxiously dominant), works very well with the vermouth. And the tequila is great in the background, with just a hint of smoke from the mezcal - really excellent!