HighballEasy3 min

Ayuuk Batanga

Smoky Pasilla Mixe chili meets cola and lime — the classic Batanga, restored.

Featuring Empirical Spirits

Ayuuk Batanga in a chili-salt rimmed highball

Ingredients

1.67 oz
Empirical Ayuuk
0.5 oz
Fresh lime juice
Top
Cola
Chili salt (rim)

Glass: Highball (chili-salt rim)

Garnish: Lime slice

Build

  1. Rim a highball glass with chili salt.
  2. Fill the glass with ice; pour Ayuuk and lime juice.
  3. Top with cola; stir gently.
  4. Garnish with a lime slice.

The producer's spec for the Mexican classic: Ayuuk's smoky depth carries the spine, fresh lime sharpens, cola lengthens. Chili salt rim seals the savory side. Drinks like Don Javier's Tequila bar in Guadalajara, where the Batanga was invented in 1961.

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