CaptnKirk
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First off, I have been fiddling with making a special Margerita, playing with the flavors as it is consumed.
Most say that you don't need a good quality Tequila for a drink that uses mixers, and you can go cheap.
Just because you CAN be cheap, it doesn't mean you should.
The drink is the sum of all parts, so why make it bad deliberately?
Cheap Tequila is harsh, full of congeners and other impurities such as traces of Methyl Alcohol,
so the better Tequilas will be at least double filtered and double or triple distilled to clean it up.
My rule of thumb is that 'Good' Tequilas are $ 40 / 750ML +/- $ 5 at most Liquor Stores.
If you can find the proper specials, you can score what is usually a $ 40 bottle for $ 30.
I prefer to use the Clear or 'Silver' Tequilas, as you don't need to infuse the taste of wood from
a cask or the flavor of wines leached from casks previously cycled for aging wine.
I buy Dr. Swami & Bone-Daddy mixer from California and it is my preferred base, but I will use
Cuervo Mixer as a back-up . . I don't like Sauza or T's mixers, poor flavorings.
In a Martini or a standard Margarita Glass (With a cactus stem), fill half way with Ice Cubes
& add a full shot of good Silver Tequila, & top up to within 3/8" from top of rim with mixer,
stir/shake to mix, about 10 seconds.
Now comes the tricks - Layers of flavor:
A Tablespoon of Chambord Rasberry Liqueur, off to one side of the rim, but not in the center.
It's heavy and will sink to the bottom and form a purple puddle.
Now the same amount of an Orange Liqueur poured in the letter 'C' around the inside of the rim
almost circling where the Chambord was sunk.
No more stirring, the Orange will float on top of the mixed drink forming 3 distinct levels of
flavors.
I use any of the Orange Liqueurs, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, and O3 for variations.
O3 has an extra sweet taste, like those sugar coated Orange Slice Jelly Candies.
Sip . . and each sip will change from the one before, a spectrum if you will, from Orange to Lime
then to Rasberry slightly changing with each sucessive taste.
Since I'm living in New Orleans Metro, a 'House of the Rising Sun' nomenclature would be appropriate.
In Japanese 'Nisshodo' means Rising Sun House, (I've heard) but I'm not very oriental.
Spanish might be Casa de Aurora, but might not work well as a name.
Maybe 'The Macando' to honor BP, where the Chambord signifies the Oil Spill on the bottom
and the Orange signifies the dispersants on top.
Fair and Balanced - you decide.
First off, I have been fiddling with making a special Margerita, playing with the flavors as it is consumed.
Most say that you don't need a good quality Tequila for a drink that uses mixers, and you can go cheap.
Just because you CAN be cheap, it doesn't mean you should.
The drink is the sum of all parts, so why make it bad deliberately?
Cheap Tequila is harsh, full of congeners and other impurities such as traces of Methyl Alcohol,
so the better Tequilas will be at least double filtered and double or triple distilled to clean it up.
My rule of thumb is that 'Good' Tequilas are $ 40 / 750ML +/- $ 5 at most Liquor Stores.
If you can find the proper specials, you can score what is usually a $ 40 bottle for $ 30.
I prefer to use the Clear or 'Silver' Tequilas, as you don't need to infuse the taste of wood from
a cask or the flavor of wines leached from casks previously cycled for aging wine.
I buy Dr. Swami & Bone-Daddy mixer from California and it is my preferred base, but I will use
Cuervo Mixer as a back-up . . I don't like Sauza or T's mixers, poor flavorings.
In a Martini or a standard Margarita Glass (With a cactus stem), fill half way with Ice Cubes
& add a full shot of good Silver Tequila, & top up to within 3/8" from top of rim with mixer,
stir/shake to mix, about 10 seconds.
Now comes the tricks - Layers of flavor:
A Tablespoon of Chambord Rasberry Liqueur, off to one side of the rim, but not in the center.
It's heavy and will sink to the bottom and form a purple puddle.
Now the same amount of an Orange Liqueur poured in the letter 'C' around the inside of the rim
almost circling where the Chambord was sunk.
No more stirring, the Orange will float on top of the mixed drink forming 3 distinct levels of
flavors.
I use any of the Orange Liqueurs, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, and O3 for variations.
O3 has an extra sweet taste, like those sugar coated Orange Slice Jelly Candies.
Sip . . and each sip will change from the one before, a spectrum if you will, from Orange to Lime
then to Rasberry slightly changing with each sucessive taste.
Since I'm living in New Orleans Metro, a 'House of the Rising Sun' nomenclature would be appropriate.
In Japanese 'Nisshodo' means Rising Sun House, (I've heard) but I'm not very oriental.
Spanish might be Casa de Aurora, but might not work well as a name.
Maybe 'The Macando' to honor BP, where the Chambord signifies the Oil Spill on the bottom
and the Orange signifies the dispersants on top.
Fair and Balanced - you decide.
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