Name: Tommi's Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Tommi's Cocktail
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water reduce if wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express orange zest twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A delicately bittersweet aperitif cocktail that heroes mezcal complexity.

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Variant:

Division Bell

History:

Adapted from a cocktail discovered in 2014 at Wahaca's Mezcalería Cocktail Bar, London, England. This cocktail is named after the fabulous Thomasina "Tommi" Miers OBE, who co-founded the Wahaca chain of Mexican street food restaurants.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tommi's Cocktail contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.62% alc./vol. (21.62° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Tuber Magnatum

15th April at 22:51

On first sips, I found the Maraschino slightly overpowering (7.5ml) but then realized I forgot to express some orange zest. On doing so, it very much improved the balance for the rest of the drink. I should add I used "dry" ice and 7.5ml water; I think this very much helped the drink overall in part by "thinning" what otherwise might have been a "syrupy" drink from the Maraschino. Next time I will try Calvin's idea of an Aperol/Campari split to see how a little extra bitterness further balances (or not) the Maraschino.

Calvin Grant

31st May 2024 at 02:55

Quite liked this. Can't wait to try it with a more assertive mezcal (think dumpster fire in a good way) and maybe Aperol/Campari split. Also curious about the drier more punchy version. Refreshingly not sour.

Tuber Magnatum

15th April at 22:53

I like your idea of trying an Aperol/Campari split. Have you done so yet and if so what did you think?

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Alex Grieb

7th April 2023 at 16:43

This is basically a Division Bell without the Lima juice and with wacky ratios. Not sure there's a good reason to make it.

Simon Difford

8th April 2023 at 11:38

A good observation. I've added a link to the Division Bell above.

Saul Glasman

7th January 2023 at 03:09

I'm a fan of all the ingredients individually but I found this one cloying and unpleasantly medicinal. Adding bitters and reducing the maraschino would probably be a good start.

Simon Difford

7th January 2023 at 22:03

When made with good ice the original recipe (with 15ml (½oz) maraschino liqueur is dried by spiritous spice. However, dilution (perhaps due to wet ice) sweetens the cocktail. Make the original with good ice and it’s balanced but perhaps overly punchy. Hence, I’ve reduced the maraschino and added a splash of water to dilute, reduce sugar and alcohol.