Name: Coconut Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Coconut liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 5 ml White crème de cacao; 5 drop Vanilla bitters; 5 drop Saline solution 4:1

Coconut Margarita
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Coconut liqueur (under 35% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	White crème de cacao liqueur
5 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters
5 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
RIM glass with desiccated coconut (moisten outside edge with lime juice and dip into dedicated coconut).

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Serve naked, without garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This Margarita works much better with the vanilla notes from a good reposado tequila and is a lesser cocktail when made with blanco. The white cacao liqueur and vanilla bitters are more than just niceties; they bring the other ingredients in the cocktail together.

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History:

Created in September 2025 by yours truly.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Coconut Margarita contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.54% alc./vol. (18.54° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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