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Specs built to show off a great bottle, not hide it. Every recipe names the bottles that make it best.
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Photo: Evan Swigart, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe purist's margarita: no orange liqueur, just tequila, lime, and agave nectar. It puts a great verified pure…
Photo: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe drink that built tequila's global fame. Balanced, bright, and endlessly riffable, and far better with a cl…
Photo: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMexico's everyday favorite, grapefruit, lime, and salt over a good blanco. Longer and more refreshing than a m…
Photo: Fer Cayab, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWest Texas minimalism: blanco, lime, and Topo Chico. Nothing to hide behind, which is exactly why bottle choic…
Photo: Kartoman, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe legendary tequila-and-cola from La Capilla in Tequila town, built with a salt rim and stirred with a knife…
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia CommonsAn añejo swapped in for whiskey makes a rich, agave-driven Old Fashioned. Best with a dry, oak-balanced añejo …
Photo: Antonio Cavallo, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsA citrus-loaded Paloma cousin served in a clay cup that adds an earthy note. Orange, lime, grapefruit, and sal…
Photo: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsA herbaceous margarita riff with cilantro and jalapeño that plays beautifully against a grassy highland blanco…
Photo: Missvain, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe winter margarita: blood orange brings color and a bitter edge that plain lime cannot, and an optional whis…
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Photo: Ralph Daily, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsFresh berries muddled into the shaker, not syrup from a gun. Made this way it is a fruit-forward drink that st…
Photo: Rkolarsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSweet pineapple and fresh jalapeño pull in opposite directions and meet in the middle. A high proof blanco hol…
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Photo: Neil Conway, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCream of coconut turns the spec into a beach drink without burying it. Toast the coconut for the rim; that ten…
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Photo: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe blender done right: frozen mango instead of ice does the chilling and the thickening at once, so the drink…
Photo: Cocktailmarler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe modern classic that put agave in the Old Fashioned: reposado for structure, a half ounce of mezcal for smo…
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Photo: Martin Asche, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsA pre-war dessert cocktail that time forgot: blanco, white crème de cacao, cream, and a blush of pomegranate. …
Photo: AlphaLemur, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe espresso martini defects to agave. Reposado brings vanilla and pepper that vodka never could, fresh espres…