Name: Tezonita
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth

Tezonita
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A dry and fairly bitter aperitif-style cocktail combining tequila's herbaceous notes and the herbal flavours of gentian.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Daniel Kaizen at Calexico Adliya, Adliya, Bahrain for the Olmeca Tahona Society Cocktail Competition 2016. Daniel's original recipe called for 40ml Olmeca Altos Blanco, 25ml Suze and 25ml Belsazar white vermouth.

Daniel says, "It's a delicate drink made as an ode to the Tezontle, the volcanic rock that makes up the Tahona wheel used to crush agave in the traditional method of making tequila. The juxtaposition of being such a light, delicate drink bringing out the bittersweet flavours of the tequila while being quite a punchy agave faithful drink."

Nutrition:

One serving of Tezonita contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.32% alc./vol. (22.32° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

20th January at 17:05

Suze > Salers... I used Salers here, with Dolin Blanc, Noilly Prat Dry, and Cimarron blanco... Twas a little off, but interesting (much herbal-bitter)... Thought I was being clever in going 2:1:1 tequila-gentian-blanco... I prefer the recipe above. But the more perfect ratio escapes me.

Sebastian Moulding

24th March 2022 at 18:17

Yep. This drink slaps. Suze and Tequila are such a great combo

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