Name: Mezcalita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Orange juice; 5 ml Agave syrup; 8 drop Margarita Bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Mezcalita
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Agave syrup (agave nectar)
8 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
RIM glass with Tajín seasoning (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and drip into Tajín).
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Mezcal Margarita with a freshening splash of orange juice to accompany the triple sec orange liqueur that's essential to a proper Margarita.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mezcalita contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
18.66% alc./vol. (37.31° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Cassandra Adams

9th May at 19:49

A wonderful drink, but, as mezcal margaritas go, a little too sweet for our taste.

Cassandra Adams

9th May at 20:05

To be more specific, we found the initial sweetness coupled with the later dry/smokiness and the tajin salt to be a tad jarring.

Sally Morgan

29th March at 17:53

had to do without Tajin which I think would make it even better, but this is a stunner. There's a real smoky taste from the Mezcal which would make this a great pairing to a smoked barbecue. It's definitely getting an outing next time I'm cooking pulled pork.

Calvin Grant

22nd February at 04:20

Amazing what a bit of orange juice and some Tajín can do to a mezcal margarita! Marvelous!

Simon Sedgley

21st February at 11:20

This brings our total of favourite Margaritas to in excess of a dozen. We always do Margaritas straight up in a Coupe glass, being very resistant to any dilution of this magnificently bold and generous cocktail.

Calvin Grant

22nd February at 04:20

Yeah, skip the ice.

Richard Elgar

20th February at 20:14

Looks good! Seems a little weaker than the one I submitted in 2023!! The salt seems appropriate, but I'm not sure it's needed if using Tajín.
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/20117/mezcalita

Simon Difford

21st February at 12:06

Thanks, Richard. I wish I'd picked up on your recipe and the Mezcalita back in 2023. My recipe has the same alcohol strength, or even a little higher than yours, due to a lower proportion of orange juice, but fewer units of alcohol due to smaller measures. Your recipe has 90ml of 40% liquor, while I try to keep to 75ml max.

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