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Cucumber Margarita

Name: Cucumber Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 inch Cucumber (fresh); 45 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Agave syrup; 4 drop Coriander bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 inch	Cucumber (fresh) (chopped)
1 1/2 fl oz	Blanco tequila
3/4 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Agave syrup (agave nectar)
4 drop	Bob's Coriander Bitters
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered cucumber ribbon.

Method

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. (Ideally, cut skin from the cucumber log before chopping).
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cucumber ribbon.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.89% alc./vol. (41.78° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Recipe created by yours truly in June 2026 at The Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Review

A classic Margarita freshened by the addition of cucumber. (Coriander bitters add depth of flavour and balance if you have them.) I tried this served over ice in an old-fashioned, but it's better served straight up.

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 6w

Another to add to our ever lengthening list of favourite Margaritas. Bravo to our good host. But we have a challenge for him also. With all of the vegetables that are these days climbing their way into our cocktails, where are the humble potato and the noble leek? So perhaps our host might find a way to conjure up a Cawl Cennin or French Fries Martini. Just a thought.