Name: Añejo Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Añejo tequila; 22.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Agave syrup; 6 drop Margarita Bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Añejo Margarita
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Patrón Añejo tequila
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Agave syrup (agave nectar)
6 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters optional
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s optional

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge (no salted rim).

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Añejo tequila is better mixed with orange curaçao (than the usual triple sec) in this flavoursome Margarita.

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History:

Recipe by yours truly in March 2026.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Añejo Margarita contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.31% alc./vol. (42.63° proof)
22.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

16th April at 15:20

Reckless as we are, we decided to try to nudge (although 'shove' might be a better word) this in the direction of an Old Fashioned:

45ml Herradura Anejo Tequila
5ml Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
15ml Ferrand Dry Curacao
15ml Ramazzotti Amaro
2.5ml Agave Syrup
6 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters
Express an orange twist over the drink, gently rub the rim of your Coupe glass with it and plop it in the drink.

We went with Ramazzotti because, to our taste, it has lovely orange notes. If sweet is not your thing, maybe ditch the syrup but, if you do, we think you might be sacrificing 'roundness'. With the bitters, if Xocolatl Mole is too strong for your taste but chocolate is, nonetheless, welcome, then maybe go with Bob's Chocolate Bitters; but if you want to stay truer to the orange theme of the drink then maybe go with 2 drops Bob's Margarita Bitters and 4 drops Orange Bitters.

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