Batanga
A rustic Mexican highball of tequila, lime, and cola stirred right in the glass with a salted rim.
Base
tequila
Glassware
Highball glass
Flavor Profile
sweetrefreshing
Ingredients
- 2 oz tequila
- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
- Cola, to top
- Salt for rimming
- Lime wedge, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Rim a highball glass with salt and fill with ice.
- 2Add tequila and lime juice.
- 3Top with cola, stir with a bar spoon, and garnish with a lime wedge.
Origin & Story
Jalisco, Mexico, 1961
Don Javier Delgado Corona, longtime bartender at La Capilla in Tequila, Jalisco, is credited with inventing it by famously stirring tequila, cola, and lime together with his own machete instead of a bar spoon.
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