Siesta Cocktail Recipe
The Siesta is a modern classic tequila sour created in 2006 by Katie Stipe at the Flatiron Lounge in New York City. It's a riff on the Hemingway Daiquiri, substituting blanco tequila for rum and Campari for maraschino liqueur, balancing bright citrus with herbal bitterness.
Make This
- Base
- Blanco Tequila
- Glass
- Coupe
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 5 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Flavor
- Citrusy
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Blanco Tequila
- 3/4 oz Lime Juice
- 3/4 oz Simple Syrup
- 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
- 1/4 oz Campari
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with ice until well-chilled.
- Fine-strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a chilled coupe glass.
- Garnish with a grapefruit peel.