Sage salt for cocktails is an easy herbal salt made with coarse sea salt and fresh sage. It makes a gorgeous earthy rim for sage margaritas and any cocktail that wants a little garden-fresh note.

A glass jar labeled sage salt sits on a counter with a spoonful of the salt, fresh sage leaves, and two crystal cocktail glasses in the background.

Sage salt for cocktails is one of those little finishing touches that makes a drink feel like you really thought it through. It's a simple herbal salt that turns an ordinary rim into something earthy and aromatic, and it's the kind of thing I love having in the cupboard for whenever I'm mixing up something special.

The flavor is the whole point here. Blending coarse sea salt with fresh sage leaves works the herb right into every crystal, so you get savory and herbal in one bite, with the sage coming through earthy and fragrant against the clean bite of the salt. It makes a gorgeous rim for a sage margarita, and it's lovely on just about any cocktail that could use a little garden-fresh note. A salted rim has never tasted so good.

And it could not be easier to make. A quick blend, a low-and-slow dry in the oven, and you've got a jar of sage salt ready to dress up drinks for weeks to come.

Kristen Stevens

Sage Salt for Cocktails

An easy sage salt made with coarse sea salt and fresh sage leaves. Use it to rim sage margaritas and other cocktails that want an earthy, herbal note.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings: 8 tablespoons

Course: Cocktail Rims

Ingredients

½ cup coarse sea salt
4 large sage leaves

Method

Preheat your oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the salt and sage leaves in a small food processor and blend until chopped together.
½ cup coarse sea salt, 4 large sage leaves
Spread out the salt on a small baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, until the sage is dry. (See notes.)
Allow the salt to cool completely, then store it in a jar in your pantry.