On May 5th, 1862 the Mexican army, against all odds, defeated French forces at the Battle of Puebla, reinforcing the resistance movement and sending a permanent wave of unity and pride over the people and culture of Mexico.
To honour this momentous Mexican event, you are going to get donkey-tooth drunk.
Don’t worry – it’s totally cool – that’s what they want you to do.
So soap up those sombreros and pleat those ponchos; here are cinco easy-to-make cocktails you should drinko on 5-5-15 to celebrate the great country/state/city we call Meh-Hee-Koh…
Happy Cinco from your amigos at Notable.
PALOMA
Ingredients
– kosher salt
– 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice
– 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
– 1 teaspoon sugar
– 1/4 cup mezcal or tequila
– 1/4 cup club soda
Instructions
Pour some kosher salt on a plate. Rub half of rim of a highball glass with a grapefruit wedge; dip rim of glass in salt. Combine 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, and 1 teaspoon sugar in glass; stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in 1/4 cup mezcal or tequila, add ice, and top off with 1/4 cup club soda. Garnish with grapefruit wedge.
MICHELADA
Ingredients
– 1 beer (Modelo if you can find it)
– Clamato Juice
– 3-4 splashes hot sauce, more or less to taste.
– 2 splashes of Worcestershire sauce
– 2 splashes of Maggi sauce (or soy sauce)
– Juice of one lime
– Tajín seasoning (or salt) for the rim
Instructions
Take about a tablespoon of Tajín (or salt) and sprinkle it on a small plate. Rub a slice of lime around the rim of the glass and then press the rim in the Tajín to salt the rim. Fill the glass about 1/4 to 1/3 with the Clamato juice. Add the hot sauce, the lime juice, the Worcestershire sauce, and the soy sauce. If you used Tajín to salt the rim, pour any excess from the plate into the glass. Fill the rest with cold beer. Garnish with a slice of lime and enjoy.
EL DIABLO
Ingredients
– 1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila
– 1/2 ounce crème de cassis
– 1/2 ounce lime juice
– Ginger beer
Instructions
Pour the tequila, cassis, and lime juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass filled with fresh ice. Top with ginger beer.
TEQUILA OLD FASHIONED
Ingredients
– 1 tsp. agave nectar
– 2 slices blood orange, plus peel for garnish
– 3 oz. reposado tequila
– 1–2 dashes bitters
Instructions
Muddle/smoosh agave and orange slices in a cocktail shaker; add tequila and ice. Stir until well-chilled and strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Add bitters and garnish with orange peel.
THE PERFECT MARGARITA (DUH)
Ingredients
– 100% agave tequila
– Salt
– 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
– ½ ounce Cointreau
Instructions
Place salt in a shallow dish. Moisten the rim of a rocks glass, then dip it in the salt. Fill the glass with ice; add tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau; stir a few times until chilled. Serve and drink IMMEDIATELY.
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