One Bottle or Two for a Non-Alcoholic Margarita

The question is not which alternative is the “best tequila.” It is what else you will need after the first bottle is in the cart. Two published margarita recipes make the difference plain without asking us to invent a tasting score.

Ritual’s one-specialty-bottle route

Ritual’s published drink uses 2 fl oz Agave Spirit Alternative, 1 fl oz fresh lime juice, and ½ fl oz agave nectar. The specialty bottle is 750 ml / 25.4 fl oz. At this recipe’s 2 fl oz pour, it covers 12 complete base pours, not necessarily the brand’s advertised serving definition. Six drinks need 12 fl oz of the base, 6 fl oz lime juice, and 3 fl oz agave nectar, with ice and the optional salt and lime finish.

This route is shorter to shop for if you already have fresh limes and agave nectar. It is still not a two-ingredient drink: the lime needs juicing and the glass needs a measured build.

Lyre’s two-specialty-bottle route

Lyre’s published Classic Margarita uses 1½ fl oz Tequila Alternative, ½ fl oz Orange Sec, 1 fl oz lime juice, and ¼ fl oz 1:1 white sugar syrup. It lists orange bitters as optional; we leave that out of the minimum basket because an exact bitters product may have its own alcohol statement. The method is a brief shake with ice, a fine strain, a half-salt-rimmed coupette, and a lime wedge.

Lyre’s US product pages list both specialty bottles at 700 ml / 23.7 fl oz. At 1½ fl oz per glass, the Tequila Alternative supports 15 complete recipe pours; at ½ fl oz, the Orange Sec bottle supports 47. The base bottle is therefore the limiting specialty component. Both pages state 23.3 brand servings based on a 1 fl oz measure; that is not the yield for this two-bottle recipe. For six glasses, the measured basket is 9 fl oz Tequila Alternative, 3 fl oz Orange Sec, 6 fl oz lime juice, and 1½ fl oz syrup, plus ice, salt, and lime garnish.

Choose by the purchase you can justify

If one specialty bottle is the limit and you want the shorter documented list, start with Ritual’s three-liquid recipe. If you specifically want Lyre’s published orange-component build and can use two opened specialty bottles, its recipe supplies that route. Do not replace Lyre’s Orange Sec with an unnamed orange ingredient and call it the same documented drink.

Lyre’s US pages state <0.4% ABV for its Tequila Alternative and <0.2% ABV for Orange Sec; these are not 0.0% claims. Lyre’s also instructs refrigeration after opening for both. Ritual’s exact current bottle label and storage instructions should be checked before purchase. Stock at a particular US address is not established by these pages.