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Tommy's Margarita

Tommy's Margarita

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Margarita, stripped to tequila, lime, agave.

ClassicSummerRefreshingCitrusy
3 minEasyBalanced

Clean and agave-forward. Bright lime and the vegetal, mineral character of good blanco tequila, rounded by mellow agave rather than orange liqueur.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Blanco Tequila
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Agave Syrup
  • Lime wheel · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Add the tequila, lime juice, and agave syrup to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2

    Shake until well-chilled.

  3. 3

    Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.

  4. 4

    Garnish with a lime wheel.

The Story

Created in the 1990s by Julio Bermejo at Tommy's Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco. By dropping the orange liqueur and sweetening with agave nectar instead, he put 100% agave tequila front and center — a purist's Margarita that reshaped how a generation of bartenders thinks about the drink.

Glass · Rocks glassGarnish · Lime wheel

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