Metexa

Name: Metexa
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 disc Grapefruit peel/zest; 45 ml Americano bianco; 15 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Swedish Punsch

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Ingredients
1 disc	Grapefruit peel/zest
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Americano bianco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Swedish Punsch liqueur

Garnish: Grapefruit zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

Express the oils of a coin-size grapefruit zest into the base of stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice (<a href="/encyclopedia/3824/cocktails/regal-shake-and-regal-stir">regal stir</a>) and strain into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

13.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from Jamie Boudreau's riff on the classic Metexa which first appeared in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book

METEXA
Invented by J. E. Mouncer
1/4 Tequila.
1/4 Swedish Punch.
1/2 Lillet.
Shake.
W.J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book, 1937

More cocktails by Jamie Boudreau

Review

Bitter grapefruit oils replace the quinine bitterness in the original 1930s version of this refreshing aromatised wine and tequila aperitivo.

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