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Color-Changing Margarita
Ingredients
- 2 cups tequila
- 2 ounces butterfly pea flowers
- coarse salt to taste
- ice as needed
- 2 ounces butterfly pea flower-infused tequila
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1 ounce triple sec
- 0.125 teaspoon edible glitter
- 1 lime wedge
Steps
- Pour 2 cups tequila over 16 butterfly pea flowers (about 2 ounces) in a jar with a lid. Steep 3 hours or up to 1 day in a refrigerator.
- Strain out flowers, return tequila to jar, cover, and store in refrigerator. Makes 2 cups.
- Salt the rim of a glass. Add ice and 2 ounces (1/4 cup) infused tequila to glass.
- In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, add lime juice, triple sec, and edible glitter. Cover and shake until very cold; pour into glass with tequila and watch the color change from blue to violet. Garnish with lime wedge.
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