Name: Juschu
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Juschu
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare lime slice wheel (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float (dehydrated) lime slice wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Your choice of honey will greatly impact this bite-honeyed Tommy's Margarita with bitters, but whether light floral honey or more robust dark honey, the result is bound to be delicious.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco's 1940 The How and When (2nd Edition).

Jupiter Cocktail
1 jigger Tequila
2 teaspoons Strained Honey
1 teaspoon Lime Juice
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Shake well
Strain into Cocktail Glass
The How and When, 1940

I added this classic to Difford's Guide in September 2021 but in July 2023 at Cure, New Orleans I was reminded how good this cocktail can be.

Nutrition:

One serving of Juschu contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.17% alc./vol. (19.17° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Rae Hopcroft

19th July 2024 at 06:55

Not my favourite despite using good tequila. I think very overpowered by a strong thyme honey which dominated. Would prefer with agave syrup.

Peter Jones

11th June 2023 at 19:27

Some real complexity despite a seemingly simple list of ingredients. I swapped out 1 dash of Angostura (keeping 1) and added 1 dash of lavender bitters as I love they way it picks up the floral nature of tequila.

John Hinojos

30th September 2022 at 01:16

What a great tequila cocktail without all the usual ingredients. This was light and bright. The flavour of the tequila is prominent, so use a good bottle as well as good honey.

Chris Dimal

1st February 2024 at 12:50

Agree with all of this.

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