7 recipes

Tequila and mezcal cocktail recipes

Agave nectar is the single worst ingredient in a home bar to measure by eye. At 1.28 g/ml it is the densest thing most people pour: 15 ml weighs 19.2 g, nearly 30% more than the volume implies, and it clings to the inside of a jigger so a meaningful fraction never reaches the glass at all.

A Tommy’s Margarita made with a scale and one made with a jigger are not the same drink. Every agave recipe below is given in grams as well.

Margarita

Tequila, lime, triple sec. Shake hard, salt the rim.

3 ingredients · 89 ml · 27.6%

Tommy's Margarita

Julio Bermejo's two-ingredient riff — agave nectar instead of orange liqueur.

3 ingredients · 105 ml · 22.9%

Naked & Famous

Mezcal's answer to the Paper Plane. Smoky equal parts.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 24%

Paloma

Mexico's favourite highball. Tequila and grapefruit, over ice.

5 ingredients · 205 ml · 11.7%

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila and orange juice with a grenadine sunrise.

3 ingredients · 150 ml · 12%

Grand Margarita

A Margarita built up with Grand Marnier and a touch of agave.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 26.7%

Illegal

A mezcal sour balanced with falernum and agave.

4 ingredients · 89.5 ml · 24.5%

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