Name: Maria Margarita
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Pomegranate juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Agave syrup; 4 drop Margarita Bitters

Maria Margarita
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Photographed in an Italesse Presidente Wormwood

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Pomegranate juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Agave syrup
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare lime slice wheel (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.

How to make:

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:

Tequila-laced fruity sweet and sour. Strike the perfect balance and you've a most delicious cocktail.

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History:

A riff on Trader Vic's Maria Theresa Margarita with pomegranate juice in place of cranberry juice, by yours truly.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Maria Margarita contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.65% alc./vol. (17.65° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

15th July at 12:07

Hard to argue with the delicious simplicity of this but we did anyway, using Reposado rather than Blanco Tequila, splitting the 'sugar' between 5ml Agave and 10ml Triple Sec (Cointreau) and dialling the bitters down to 2 drops. Wethinks a bolder version of the beautifully elegant original.

Simon Sedgley

15th July at 12:16

We dialled back the Margarita bitters because we find them overly intrusive when not 'handled with care'. Personal taste of course.

Calvin Grant

9th November 2023 at 03:16

Delicious indeed. So glad to have the Difford's Margarita Bitters. Am curious what some mezcal will do in the mix.

Simon Sedgley

15th July at 11:50

We tried Tequila and Mezcal splits of 40:20 and 50:10 and concluded that the Mezcal upsets the elegant simplicity of the original. But worth a try so thanks for the suggestion.

John Hinojos

28th July 2022 at 01:24

Wonderful margarita variation. The pomegranate juice is a great addition. Nicely sweet and sour as a margarita should be.

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