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Apr 8 2016 - 6:00pm

Hibiscus Margarita

Trisha Antonsen For Drizly.com [1]

Hibiscus Margarita Recipe With Tea Simple Syrup

Ingredients

  1. For the hibiscus tea simple syrup:
  1. 3/4 cup loose hibiscus
    3 cups water
    1 1/2 cups agave
  1. For the hibiscus margarita:
  1. 1 1/4 ounces hibiscus tea simple syrup
    2 ounces silver tequila
    1/4 ounce Cointreau
    1/2 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
    Ice
    2 ounces club soda
    Citrus salt

Directions

For the hibiscus tea simple syrup:

  1. Combine 3/4 cup loose hibiscus tea leaves, 3 cups water, and 1 1/2 cups agave into a sauce pan and bring up to a simmer until the agave has dissolved.
  2. Allow the syrup to cool slightly.
  3. Once cooled, pour syrup through a mesh strainer to remove the loose tea.
  4. Store in an airtight container. It will keep for several months if refrigerated.

For the hibiscus margarita:

  1. Measure all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake for 10 seconds, and then strain mixture into a margarita glass.
  2. Top with club soda.
  3. Serve over ice in glass rimmed with citrus salt.

Source URL
https://www.popsugar.com/latina/Hibiscus-Margarita-Recipe-Tea-Simple-Syrup-40820522