Name: Siesta
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Siesta
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare lime slice wheel for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This bittersweet aperitif cocktail was originally made to be served straight-up in a coupe glass, but we prefer it on-the-rocks.

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Variant:

Pre Siesta

History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2006 by Katie Stipe at the Flatiron Lounge in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Siesta contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.99% alc./vol. (15.99° proof)
16 grams of pure alcohol

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Shannon Brown

17th November 2024 at 04:47

Love this one! I did the original in-a-coupe version. Strucchi is not available here in BC, Canada (I tried) so I really appreciate the comment by Gregory Ford about combining Campari and Aperol. This recipe calls for Campari in other recipes, but I really liked the blend. I’d like to find Strucchi one day.

Florian Ruf

24th September 2024 at 07:16

I made the straight-up version in a coupe glass, very delicious! The proportions are: 1 1/2 ounces blanco tequila
1/2 ounce grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed
3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1/4 ounce Campari

Gregory Ford

10th September 2024 at 23:23

I ran out of Strucchi, but 2/3 Campari to 1/3 Aperol has nearly exact the same bitter/sweet/citrus profile as Strucchi.

Colin Cook

27th February 2024 at 09:13

I also halved the sugar syrup and enjoyed this one very much.

Simon Difford

11th July 2024 at 20:35

Seeing your comment and all those below, I have just retried this delicious cocktail and reduced the sugar syrup to 10ml.

Nicola Adams

8th December 2021 at 05:19

Made with regular - ie not pink - grapefruit juice and a 1:1 simple syrup, this is just devine.

John Hinojos

19th August 2021 at 00:05

This is great. Following Johan Drake's suggestion, we used 1/2 the amount of sugar syrup. Resulting drink was very like a good semi-sour margarita.

Johan Drake

11th June 2021 at 18:06

Tastes fantastic but was a bit too sweet. Might work better with a switch to 1:1 simple syrup or just a bit less 2:1.

Bruce Bowman

30th August 2024 at 19:42

Sour, yellow grapefruit juice is the key here. It would probably go out of balance with ruby red.

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