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Batanga

  • Contributed by Cocktails 2005
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  • SERVINGS: Makes 1 drink

Diego • Las Vegas

Batanga—Spanish slang for "thick in the middle"—was the nickname of a rotund regular at La Capilla, a renowned bar in Tequila, Mexico, where this drink originated half a century ago.

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Recipe: Batanga

Ingredients

  1. Ice
  2. 1 1/2 ounces añejo tequila
  3. 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  4. Pinch of salt
  5. 2 ounces chilled Coca-Cola
  6. 1 lime wedge
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the tequila, lime juice and salt and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass, top with the Coca-Cola and garnish with the lime wedge.
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