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Tezonita

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

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Ingredients
1 1/3 fl oz	Blanco tequila
3/4 fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/3 fl oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Tezonita contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.32% alc./vol. (44.63° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

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."

Review

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

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Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
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Makes a minimum of 9 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

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 4y

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

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