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Name: Mezcal Margarita (A Couple Cooks)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1 oz mezcal; 1 oz tequila blanco or reposado; 1 oz Cointreau; 1 oz lime juice; kosher salt or flaky sea salt, for the rim

Mezcal Margarita (A Couple Cooks)

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A smoky riff on the classic margarita that splits the base between mezcal and tequila, balanced with orange liqueur and fresh lime in a salt-rimmed glass.

Source: A Couple Cooks · Sonja Overhiser

Prep: 5 min
Total: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink

Method: Shaken
Glass: rocks glass
Ice: cubes
Garnish: lime wheel

Ingredients

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1 oz mezcal
1 oz tequila blanco or reposado
1 oz Cointreau
1 oz lime juice
kosher salt or flaky sea salt, for the rim

Instructions

1.
Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass, then dip the rim in flaky sea salt.
2.
Shake the mezcal, tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice with ice until cold.
3.
Strain into the salted glass over ice.

Mezcal Margarita (A Couple Cooks)

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