Tequila

  • Smoky Mezcal Margarita

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    Keeping in line with the spirit at disposal, here is the Cocktail with Mezcal.

    Mezcal is made from Agave Espadin which is the most commonly used agave in mezcal.  Though Mezcal can also be produced from any species of agave from Oaxaca region. Espadin Agave generally takes about 8-12 years to mature.

    So what Blue Agave is to tequilla –  Espadin Agave is to Mezcal!

    The handprint on this bottle of Marca Negra Mezcal Espadin represents the tireless work of the master distillers.  Coming to the tasting notes & aroma profile, it has a fresh aroma of ripe fruit on the nose with spicy, citrus notes on the palate.  Must say it’s iconic smoky identity stands out which comes when the agave hearts, or pinas, are grilled over hot rocks prior to distilling – which imparts a rich smokey flavor. This is what makes this cocktail go one notch up for me

    Ingredients

    Mezcal – 60 ml @marcanegramezcal
    Triple Sec – 30 ml
    Fresh Lime Juice – 30 ml
    Honey – 10 ml
    Salt/Sugar/Chilli powder – to rim
    Fresh lime – to garnish & rim

    Preparation Method

    Muddle the granulated sugar & mix it with a little of chilli powder & salt. Cut a notch in the lime and run all around the glass. Tip the glass in the salt, sugar, chilli mix twisting it all around the glass.

    In a shaker, add mezcal, lime juice, honey & triple sec. Shake it with ice. Strain it in the margarita glass. Garnish with lime & enjoy this smoky delicious sip as its blend with sweet, salty & spicy rim.

    Cheers!

  • The Long Blue Island

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    The Long Blue Island

    With the arrival of my tumbler to my glassware collection, I sure wanted to inaugurate the new arrival with pomp & gaiety!
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    Looking at the size of the tumbler, the one cocktail that striked my mind was the Long Island Ice Tea. So introduced the exotic blue curacao as a substitute to coke. The fresh  tender coconut water to mellow the strong concoction!
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    Ingredients

    Tequila – 20 ml
    Vodka – 20 ml @cirocvodka
    Gin – 20 ml @strangerandsons
    White Rum – 20 ml @bacardi
    Triple Sec – 20 ml
    Blue Curacao – 30 ml @desmondji_agaveindia
    Lime juice – 20 ml
    Fresh coconut water – 100 ml
    Sugar syrup – 20 ml
    Salt – a pinch
    Lemon wheel – to garnish
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    Preparation Method

    Combine the white spirits, triple sec, fresh lime juice, sugar syrup, salt in a mixing glass & stir. Fill the tumbler glass  with ice & pour the over it. Add the fresh tender coconut water & release the blue Curacao to finish. Garnish with lemon wheel. There was my long drink ready to quench my thirst
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    Cheers!

  • Maple Jamun Margarita

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    Maple Jamun Margarita

    Ingredients

    Tequila – 60 ml Don Alejandro Blanco
    Orange Liqueur – 25 ml @cointreau
    Whiskey – 20 ml @jackdaniels_us
    Lemon juice – 25 ml
    Jamun fruit – half a dozen
    Cocktail lime wedges
    Salt – to rim
    Ice cubes

    Preparation Method

    Take a tall glass. Rim it with lemon & salt. Combine tequila, orange liqueur & lemon juice over ice cubes and stir well. Add more ice cubes & intersperse jamun & lemon wedges and stir more. To finish, float the Maple Charcoal filtered whiskey. Sip & Sip & Sip the cool Margarita & Relax
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    Don Alejandro Blanco Tequila with a 40% abv & falls under the classification of ‘Mixto tequila’ which requires minimum 51% agave. This one  comes with 75% Agave. With subtle vegetal elements, white pepper, floral aroma & vanilla flavour it is a good selection  for margaritas more coz of  it’s 75%Agave profile
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    Jack Daniel Whiskey from Tennessee with a mashbill of 80% corn, 12% rye, 8% malt is a spirit which is filtered through sugar maple charcoal to produce a mellow slightly smoky character. At 40%abv , it’s mellow smoky character fits in right as a floater to finish the cocktail. Simply amazing 🥃

    Cointreau with 40% abv a well known liqueur to several well-known cocktails. It was originally called “Curaçao Blanco Triple Sec”. A must for classic margaritas 🥂
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    Jamun is a berry type fruit from tropical evergreen tree which comes with a taste profile that is a combination of sweet, mildly sour and astringent flavour. It goes great with salt. Being a seasonal fruit, I thought to give it a try in my drink. With few slits, the fruit went in the drink leaving it’s sweet & sour flavour to the drink Check out pic 4 of the image slide

    Cheers!

  • Orange Tea Martini

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    Orange Tea Martini

    Ingredients

    Tanqueray Gin – 45 ml @tanqueraygin
    Desmondji Tequila – 15 ml @desmondji_agaveindia
    Bol Triple Sec – 15 ml @bolsgenever_nl
    Monin Lemon Tea – 15 ml @monin_europe
    Orange wedge – for garnish & express
    Fresh Mint – for garnish
    Ice – 6 cubes

    Preparation Method

    Chill the Martini glass Combine all in a shaker.  Shake it vigorously with six ice cubes to chill, dilute & mix. Pour it in the chilled Martini glass. Garnish with Mint & Orange wedge. Sip & enjoy the soothing flavours of the concoction. Don’t forget to express the orange peel mid-way.

    Cheers!

  • Long Island Iced Tea

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    Long Island Iced Tea

    Robert “Rosebud” Butt is the personality who appears to have invented the Long Island Iced Tea as an entry in a contest to create a new mixed drink with triple sec in 1972 while he worked at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island, New York.
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    Variation to the Long Island is the Purple Rain, which uses the same mix as a Long Island but the Triple Sec is replaced with a shot of raspberry liqueur and the cola replaced with lemonade.

    Ingredients
    Tequila – 15 ml @reposado
    Vodka – 15 ml@absolutvodka_gallery
    Gin – 15 ml @gordonsginuk
    Rum – 15 ml @bacardi
    Orange Liqueur – 10 ml
    Lemon juice – 10 ml
    Cola – to top up @cocacola
    Preparation Method
    Pour lemon juice & orange liqueur in a Collin glass. Stir. Top it up with ice. Add the famous fours.
    Stir. Top it up with Cola & garnish with fresh mint leaves. Enjoy the long drink
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    Cheers!

  • Smoky Paloma

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    Smoky Paloma

    This afternoon I flew to a friend’s home & as the evening came closer, I was introduced to his bar stocked well with awesome array of spirits & liqueurs. Before he could ask me to mix a good one my eyes ran through the 100% blue agave Tequila & the Smoky Double Black JW Whisky. I said let’s give a shot to make a Smoky Paloma.
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    Ingredients

    A 100% blue agave tequila reserva 1800 Reposado – 45 ml
    A Smoky Scotch Whisky – Double Black JW – 30 ml
    A  liqueur – Desmondji Orange Liqueur – 20 ml
    A fresh lemon  juice – 20 ml

    Smoky Paloma

    Preparation Method

    Shake all with cracked ice. Strain it over ice in a rock glass & garnish with lemon wedge🥃
    .Tequila is such a good spirit that it will be interesting to have a quick walk-through
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    Two types of Tequila : 100% Blue Agave, and Tequila Mixto (Mixed). .
    Mixto Tequila contains a minimum of 51% Blue Agave, and the remaining 49% from other sugars (typically cane sugars)
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    Tequila Silver – Blanco – Plata – White – Platinum : This is the Blue Agave spirit in its purest form. It is clear and typically un-aged.
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    Tequila Gold : Gold Tequila is typically a Mixto, where colorants and flavorings have been added prior to bottling.
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    Tequila Reposado: A Reposado Tequila is the first stage of “rested and aged”. The Tequila is aged in wood barrels or storage tanks between 2 months and 11 months.
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    Tequila Añejo (extra aged): After aging for at least one year, Tequila can then be classified as an “Añejo”.
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    Tequila Extra Añejo (ultra aged): A new classification added in the summer of 2006, labeling any Tequila aged more than 3 years, an “Extra Añejo.
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    Cheers!

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