Name: Chimayo
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 22.5 ml Apple juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice

Chimayo
Jump to

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
³⁄₄ oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of red apple slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

I used to make this cocktail with reposado tequila, but it's cleaner and better with blanco tequila. Either way, cassis and apple juice mellow tequila.

View readers' comments

History:

Named after El Potrero de Chimayo in northern New Mexico, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Chimayo contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.68% alc./vol. (17.68° proof)
16.8 grams of pure alcohol

More Anytime cocktails
More Aperitivo/aperitif cocktails
More Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) cocktails

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 10 comments for Chimayo.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

Chris Brislawn

18th October 2024 at 04:10

We live just down the road from Ranch de Chimayo so I want to get this right. Patron Silver is great but silver tequila is very agave-driven while this drink calls for more refinement. Used 1.5 oz El Tesoro Anejo and added 1/2 oz Santa Fe Spirits Apple Brandy to tie things together. Local raw, unfiltered apple juice or cider is important, and a wee bit more lemon juice helps cut the sweetness, too. Very good and distinctive!

Xd Loler

9th September 2024 at 19:14

Add more lime

Jeremy Harrold

5th May 2024 at 18:25

Reasonable if for me you up the Cassis to 20ml and lemon to 10ml. I like how the Tequila adds to the flavour rather than just being there.

Colin Cook

23rd December 2023 at 02:29

For me the spiciness of the tequila came through without any burn. Added to my holiday repertoire.

Annabelle Egginton

2nd December 2023 at 21:32

Very festive drink. Really well balanced. I thoroughly enjoyed it and made it again.

Miguel Perales

27th November 2023 at 23:07

Tequila is definitely on the nose and upfront but then the apple and cassis come in. I was fortunate to get fresh, unsweetened apple cider which made it nicely balanced.

Sally Morgan

10th November 2023 at 20:18

I’ve read the comments and I think the key to this one is good quality apple juice. I made mine fresh and it was absolutely delicious. It would be flat and sweet with standard carton apple juice.

THOMAS WHITE

22nd September 2023 at 17:28

Mine was much redder than the associated picture, but was otherwise brilliant. The Cassis sugars brought forward the flavour of the tequila whilst quelled the alcohol burn and made this extremely pleasant to quaff down.

John Hinojos

19th May 2023 at 01:40

We had high hopes for this one, but it was a bit sweet and a little flat. Putting it on the rocks helped as did a few drops of Difford's Margarita Bitters. The cassis seems to fight a bit with the tequila. Was OK, but not one I would do again.

Andrew Gelb

4th August 2020 at 01:26

Very happy to see this while looking for ways beside Kir Royale to use our Cassis de Dijon. We've been numerous times to Rancho de Chimayo in Northern New Mexico, and this is their signature drink; also served at Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe. Anyway, now I have a recipe to try. Thanks! I'll comment on the results whenever I get around to trying.