A Mexican highball that is, essentially, a Cuba Libre built on tequila instead of rum: blanco tequila and a generous squeeze of lime lengthened with cola over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. It was created in 1961 by Don Javier Delgado Corona at his bar La Capilla in the town of Tequila, who famously stirred each one with the same knife he used to cut limes. Salty, citric, and gently fizzy, it drinks easy and tastes unmistakably of its agave home.
Garnish: Salt Rim, Lime Wedge
Built · Highball · Cubed
rinse
Moisten the rim of a highball glass with a lime wedge and coat it in salt.
build
Fill the salted highball glass with ice cubes.
add
Pour in the blanco tequila and the lime juice.
top
Top with cold cola (Mexican Coke is traditional).
stir
Stir gently to combine — at La Capilla, famously with the lime-cutting knife.
garnish
Garnish with a lime wedge.