Tezonita

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Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 13 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
34 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
13 oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

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

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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."

Nutrition:

One serving of Tezonita contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
20th January at 17:05
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.
24th March 2022 at 18:17
Yep. This drink slaps. Suze and Tequila are such a great combo