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Garden Margarita

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A botanical Garden Margarita — cucumber, mint and elderflower joining the classic tequila / lime base. St-Germain stands in for the triple sec; the cucumber and mint bring a long fresh garden finish.

The cucumber-mint margarita twist became a craft-bar standard in the early 2010s as bartenders looked for botanical replacements for triple sec's blunt orange sweetness. The St-Germain version (elderflower liqueur in place of triple sec) is the upgraded variant that took hold around 2013-2015 in cocktail-bar Stockholm, London and New York at roughly the same time.

Method
Shaken
Glass
rocks
Difficulty
Medium
Flavor Profile
Floral
Fruity
Herbal
Refreshing

Ingredients

Servings:
1
Your bar: 0/5
Tequila
40 ml
St-Germain
30 ml
Lime Juice
25 ml
Cucumber
4 slice
Mint
6 leaf
🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

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Instructions

  1. Drop 4 cucumber slices and 6 fresh mint leaves into a shaker.
  2. Muddle gently — bruise the mint, don't shred.
  3. Add 40 ml blanco tequila, 30 ml St-Germain and 25 ml fresh lime juice.
  4. Fill with ice and shake hard for 12 seconds.
  5. Double-strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  6. Garnish with a cucumber wheel, a mint sprig and a few salted Marcona almonds on the side.

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