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The Batanga


  • Author: Original recipe by: Don Javier, owner of La Capilla Bar in Tequila, Mexico

Description

Makes 1 Cocktail


Ingredients

Lime wedges, for garnish and to salt the glass rims

Kosher Salt

Juice of 1/2 a Lime

2 oz. Blanco Tequila

Mexican Coca-Cola


Instructions

Use a lime wedge to coat the rim of a highball or tall glass

Dip the rim in salt to coat

Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lime into the glass (about 1/2 ounce)

Fill the glass with large ice cubes

Add 2 ounces of blanco Tequila 

Top with Coca-Cola to the top of the glass

To honor Don Javier, stir with the same knife you used to cut the lime. Don Javier claims this is the secret to its flavor!