Glass of coke

The Cocktail That Mexican Coke Enthusiasts Will Love

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BY ANDREW AMELINCKX

Batanga cocktail with lime
The batanga has become a trendy drink thanks to social media. It combines blanco tequila, fresh-squeezed lime juice, and Mexican Coca-Cola in a salt-rimmed collins glass.
Batanga cocktail on white backdrop
The reason it works is the caramel flavors in the cola meld well with the agave sweetness and pepper notes of the tequila, with the salt helping to cut the Coke's sugariness.
Centro de Tequila in Mexico
Mexican bartender Don Javier Delgado Corona made the original batanga by rimming a glass with salt, squeezing lime juice on ice, and filling it with half tequila and half Coke.
Salt rim on batanga cocktail
Delgado's secret was to then stir the drink with the same knife he used to cut the lime. Today, a number of variations abound, some of which even feature Pepsi.