Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Blanco tequila
- 0.67 oz
- Empirical Ayuuk
- 0.67 oz
- Agave syrup
- 0.67 oz
- Fresh lime juice
- —
- Chili salt (rim)
Glass: Rocks (chili-salt rim)
Garnish: Lime wedge
Build
- Combine tequila, Ayuuk, agave, and lime in a shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously.
- Rim a rocks glass with a lime wedge and coat with chili salt.
- Fine strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
Empirical's house Margarita: blanco tequila with two-thirds ounce of Ayuuk pulls the drink into smoky-chili territory. Agave for sweetness, fresh lime for acid, chili salt on the rim to amplify the Pasilla Mixe heat. The Margarita that tastes like Oaxaca.