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Mexican 55

Name: Mexican 55
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; Top up with Brut sparkling wine

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with champagne.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican 55 contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
14.83% alc./vol. (29.66° proof)
14.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

An adaptation of the classic French 75 created in 1988 at La Perla, Paris, France. The name is said to come from Fidel Castro's statement, "Bullets come by vintages, like wine, especially Latin American bullets. Mexican '55 is a good year, '52 not so good."

More information on the history and variants of the French 75 can be found on our page.

Review

Suitably hard, yet surprisingly refreshing and sophisticated.

Variations/similar cocktails

Orange bitters instead of Angostura, as discovered in 2008 at the Experimental Cocktail Club, Paris.

Patron Reposado Tequila 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$26.99 $3.37 per cocktail Patron Reposado Tequila image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$3.74 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Jill Ghosh 4y

This was delicious and refreshing on a warm day! Our variation...lime instead of lemon (just didn't have lemons), served neat in large coupe. This would be good on rocks as well.

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

Very refreshing. Great mixture of flavours. Worked perfect with Mexican food.

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