The spicy margarita was crowned the 2023 drink of summer. But as we enter a new season, the T Australia team are still not over the tequila-spiked cocktail. Mercifully, the Sydney hospitality institution Icebergs Dining Room and Bar are keeping long, sunny afternoons alive with a watermelon take on the spicy favourite. Developed by the bar director Matty Opai, the offering celebrates the margarita’s cult status served with Don Julio 1942 luxury tequila.
Sunrise Margarita
Ingredients
40 ml Don Julio blanco
7.5 ml Casamigos mezcal
7.5 ml green Chartreuse
20ml watermelon juice
20ml lime juice
10ml agave syrup
2 dashes of fee foam (alternative egg white or any aqua fauber)
Pinch of salt for the rim
Method
Salt the rim of a tumbler glass and set aside.
Add all ingredients into to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously for at least 20 seconds.
Double strain into the tumbler glass and serve with ice.
