Batanga Cocktail Recipe
How to make a classic Batanga with a non alcoholic version to follow.
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A lesser known yet super easy to make AND delicious tequila cocktail is the Batanga, a Tequila version of the much more well known rum cocktail - the Cuba Libre.
Basically, it’s tequila and coke…
Tequila and Coke
Rum loves have the Cuba Libre, Vodka lovers have the Black Russian, Tequila lovers? We have the Batanga. Lime, Tequila, and Coke.
Why is it called the Batanga
In Spanish, The word Batanga is slang for “thick in the middle”. As the story goes, this cocktail was created by a bartender named Don Javier Delgado. Who as you may of guessed, named the drink after a man who was, well, thick in the middle. Hence the name - Batanga.
Making a non alcoholic Batanga
Take out the Tequila and it’s a batanga mocktail. However, isn’t that just a coke?
Which makes a lot of sense, however it’s not that simple. By removing the Tequila you in essence remove everything about it that makes it the Batanga. The real flavour of the Batanga is not the coke, nor is it the Tequila, instead it’s the flavour you get when coke and tequila is mixed. Make sense?
So if you remove the tequila and don’t replace it with something that has that typical tequila flavour, what you’re left with is indeed, just a coke.
Luckily for us we can replace that flavour whilst making the batanga alcohol free by using Lyre’s Agave Reserva spirit, a non-alcoholic substitute for reposado tequila.
Batanga Recipe
Batanga Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Prepare your glass by rubbing a lime around the rim of a Collins glass, then dipping it in a plate of salt. Add all the ingredients apart from the cola to the glass and top with cubed ice.
- Give everything a stir with a bar spoon then top with cola.
Notes
Non-alcoholic Version
Use Lyres non alcoholic tequila in place of the Tequila to turn this Batanga cocktail into a Non-Alcoholic Batanga cocktail.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
134.51Fat
0.01 gSat. Fat
0 gCarbs
1.19 gFiber
0.06 gNet carbs
1.14 gSugar
0.24 gProtein
0.06 gSodium
39.61 mgCholesterol
0 mgThe nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
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