Mi Amaro

Written By Daniel Zajic

MI AMARO

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml. tequila reposado

  • ½ oz. / 15 ml. Amaro CioCiaro

  • ½ oz. / 15 ml. sweet vermouth

  • ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. elderflower liqueur

  • grapefruit peel oil

METHOD
add all ingredients to mixing glass / stir with ice until chilled / strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / express grapefruit peel oils over surface / garnish with grapefruit twist (thanks again to @reidbetweenthelimes for the garnish tutorial!

ABOUT
This cocktail was created in 2009 by Joaquín Simó and appears in Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails (@deathandcompany). He once described it as the best stirred tequila cocktail he had ever come up with, and I can see why. A Manhattan variation at heart, it swaps whiskey for aged tequila, layers in amaro as the softening agent, and lifts everything with the floral sweetness of elderflower. Rest assured, this one is lovely. Cheers y’all!

Daniel Zajic
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