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Añejo Margarita

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

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Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz	Patrón Añejo tequila
3/4 fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
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)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

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

History

Recipe by yours truly in March 2026.

Review

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

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley 4 months ago

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.

Simon Sedgley 4 months ago

Another excellent Margarita. Deeper and maybe a little bit more brooding than others. Lovely balance. Bravo.

Robert Holen 4 months ago

A more elegant Margarita with more depth than the original.

Made with Lunazul Añejo Tequila, Ferrand and a dash of Angostura Orange Bitters

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