Tommy’s Margarita: Midnight Cable

Name: Tommy’s Margarita: Midnight Cable
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 oz reposado tequila; 1 oz lime juice; 1/2 oz agave nectar; 2 dashes aromatic bitters

San Francisco, United States America/Los_Angeles

History

Julio Bermejo created this agave-forward Margarita at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco in the late 1980s, omitting orange liqueur. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Aromatic bitters pull warm spice and orange peel into the foreground.

Tequila · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

12 oz reposado tequila
21 oz lime juice
31/2 oz agave nectar
42 dashes aromatic bitters

Method

01Shake with ice and strain over fresh ice.
02Add the bitters with the other ingredients and finish with expressed orange oil.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.