Name: Batanga
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 pinch Salt; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Blanco tequila; 105 ml Cola

Batanga
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 pinch	Salt (sea salt)
0.42 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
3 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime juice and dip into salt).
STIR salt with lime juice in base of glass to dissolve salt.
Add ice and other ingredients and briefly stir.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Basically a Cuba Libre made with tequila in place of rum and an all-important pinch of salt.

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AKA: Charro Negro

History:

Created in 1961 by the legendary Don Javier Delgado Corona, owner/bartender of La Capilla (The Chapel) in Tequila, Mexico. Don Javier famously ritualistically stirred this drink with the knife he used to cut the limes, something he did into his eighties.

The Batanga is a popular drink in Mexico, helped by being featured in an advertising campaign by El Tequileño, a tequila made close to Don Javier's bar.

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Bruce Bowman

8th January at 16:37

5/12 of an oz of lime juice? Peculiar.

I think I'll go with a tablespoon. Seems to me there's more of a difference from lime-to-lime than 1/12th of an oz would make.

Simon Difford

9th January at 06:52

5/12oz = 12.5ml is a common measure here, as 25ml is the legal measure for spirits. A tablespoon is officially nearer to 15ml (1/2oz).

Asher Günther

10th December 2023 at 05:44

S'alright. Was skeptical of the need to add salt into the drink with the salted rim but it definitely is necessary. Still think the Cuba Libre works better

Chris Dimal

20th March 2023 at 10:49

Indeed a true Tequila 'n Coke with salt. Probably the best drink you could make with a Mixto without it being too bad.

John Hinojos

27th January 2022 at 02:16

This was outstanding. Understand why it is popular in Mexico. It is kind of a Margarita meets a Cuba Libra. Has the best of both drinks. Went perfectly with a spicy Mexican meal.

Promise Xu

20th August 2021 at 02:00

If you are in doubt about how much is 2 pinch, go easy on the salt - you could always add more. If you end up adding too much (like I did), adding a bit of bitter could salvage it.

Simon Difford

20th August 2021 at 07:27

You raise a good point. Better less than too much. Hence, I have reduced to 1 pinch of salt in the recipe above. Many thanks.

Benjamin McCabe

8th November 2020 at 05:30

5/12 oz is close enough to the juice from 1/2 lime. Salt really brings this cokctail to a whole 'nother level vs a rum and coke or cuba libre.

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