Name: Medicina Latina
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Tequila blanco; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Ginger syrup; 10 ml Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water); 5 ml Mezcal

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Skewered candied ginger

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. FLOAT mezcal.

2 fl oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Ginger syrup
1/3 fl oz	Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
1/6 fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico mezcal
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Review:

A ginger spiced and honeyed Tequila Sour.

Variant:

Penicillin

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2009 by Marcos Tello at The Varnish in Los Angeles, USA.

In January 2022 I updated the recipe above. The previous after-dinner version comprised:
60ml (2oz) Blanco tequila
10ml (1/3oz) Honey syrup (3:1)
10ml 1/3oz) Ginger syrup
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Garnish with candied ginger and spray of mezcal.

Nutrition:

One serving of Medicina Latina contains 193 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.85% alc./vol. (35.7° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

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