Name: Medicina Latina
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Ginger syrup; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 5 ml Mezcal

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Blanco tequila

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Monin Ginger Syrup

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

FLOAT mezcal.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Medicina Latina contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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.

Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 24w

Very nice - the honey syrup leads the nose and the flavor, and works nicely with the tequila (and bit of mezcal). The lime adds some brightness, but the ginger syrup notes are lost to me. I think in the future I'd try with a reduced honey syrup pour (maybe 5 ml) to try to tease out the ginger notes.

Greg Duerksen 36w

I love the Penicillin, and this seemed an obvious riff to me with tequila and mezcal in place of the blended scotch and Islay scotch. For myself I named it the amexicillin… then I found this recipe! haha. Both this and the penicillin are awesome drinks, but you need more than just a spray of mezcal as the recipe says, the 1/4 oz float is best. Preferably an intensely smoky mezcal, make sure it makes you work to enjoy your drink.

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

I made the sour version with lemon juice (I enjoy the ginger/honey combination with lemon more than lime, also I had a 1/2 lemon). Used Don Julio and Montelobos. This was very good, although I found that the ginger tended to fade and the mescaline became more prominent as the ice melted and dilution increased. I might try it on just one large ice cube next time, rather than an ice filled glass.

Toby James Premium Member 1y

The mescaline can never be too prominent.

Chris Dimal 3y

Sacrilegiously, made it without the Mezcal. Areum is right in that it is normally a Sour with more Mezcal. In this configuration, it still works, at least for me. Maybe it's because of my wet palate, but I may not like it with the Mezcal. The honey and ginger round off the Tequila, turning it into a sweet digestif, and with the warming ginger, it also makes it soothing and spicy. But that's just me.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Mezcal was in the garnish as a spray. However, I have revisited and updated this recipe to confirm to the sour with mezcal that now prevails. Both versions are tasty but suit different occasions.

Chris Dimal 19w

Finally made it properly, with the teaspoon of Mezcal. My palate has become drier since then and it really is much better than the 'digestif' version. The lime juice adds a delightful brightness to the warming combination. Still a bit behind the Penicillin though.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Interesting cocktail. A little on the sweet side and I used 2/3s of the honey syrup. Since I am not a fan of the smoky mezcal, used a spritz of absinthe. The absinthe helped to cut the sweetness.

Areum Jeon 4y

Have you tried a version with lemon/lime juice? That one bears more resemblance to the Penicillin cocktail(just replacing blended&smoky scotch with tequila&mezcal) and I loved it.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

I've not tried. Moving from old fashioned to sour. Do you have a preferred recipe?

Areum Jeon 4y

A sour template: 2 oz tequila blanco or reposado, 3/4 oz lime juice, 3/8 ginger syrup, 3/8 honey syrup, and a spray of mezcal on top. I've seen this recipe on Leandro's Youtube channel.