# Triple sec

> Used in 9 IBA official cocktails, around 38% ABV.

Clear orange liqueur; Cointreau is the best-known.

- Shelf: Liqueurs & amari
- Also searched as: cointreau, orange liqueur, combier

## Cocktails with triple sec

- [Cosmopolitan](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/cosmopolitan/index.md): uses 15 ml
- [Margarita](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/margarita/index.md): uses 20 ml
- [Long Island Iced Tea](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/long-island-iced-tea/index.md): uses 15 ml
- [Corpse Reviver #2](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/corpse-reviver-2/index.md): uses 30 ml
- [Between the Sheets](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/between-the-sheets/index.md): uses 30 ml
- [Sidecar](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/sidecar/index.md): uses 20 ml
- [White Lady](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/white-lady/index.md): uses 30 ml
- [Lemon Drop Martini](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/lemon-drop-martini/index.md): uses 20 ml
- [Singapore Sling](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/singapore-sling/index.md): uses 7.5 ml

## Goes with

What shows up alongside triple sec most often on the IBA list.

- [Lemon juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lemon/index.md): in 6 of these cocktails
- [Gin](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/gin/index.md): in 4 of these cocktails
- [Lime juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lime/index.md): in 3 of these cocktails
- [Vodka](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/vodka/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [White rum](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/white-rum/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [Cognac](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cognac/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [Tequila](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/tequila/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [Simple syrup](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails

## Close substitutes

With substitutes switched on in My bar, any of these count as triple sec.

- [Orange curaçao](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/orange-curacao/index.md): 2 cocktails
- [Grand Marnier](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/grand-marnier/index.md): 2 cocktails

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