Step away from the margarita. Yes, we're talking about that huge, salt-rimmed glass sporting a frothy head atop a Day-Glo green liquid.
But there are other ways to drink it, especially with Cinco De Mayo and summer approaching. Quench your thirst with these:
Con sangrita:
A shot of tequila sipped with a shot of sangrita, a chile-hot, tomato-citrus juice.
Solo:
Choose a good tequila-maybe an aged (anejo) one-and sip post-dinner as you might a nice brandy.
Bandera:
This version lines up three shot glasses-one with tequila (white), one with the reddish sangrita (red) and a third with the greenish juice of the key lime (green)-which are the colors of the Mexican flag (or bandera).
Submarino:
Basically, a shot of tequila with a beer chaser. (Sometimes a shot of tequila is inverted inside the beer mug so when you drink the beer the shot glass tips a little letting tequila escape into the beer.)
Coscorron:
This translates as a "knock on the head." Here's why: Add a bit of lemon-lime soda and a few drops of key lime (limon) to a shot of tequila. Then, with your hand covering the top of the shot glass, tap (gently, please) the glass on the table and drink it down.
But there are other ways to drink it, especially with Cinco De Mayo and summer approaching. Quench your thirst with these:
Con sangrita:
A shot of tequila sipped with a shot of sangrita, a chile-hot, tomato-citrus juice.
Solo:
Choose a good tequila-maybe an aged (anejo) one-and sip post-dinner as you might a nice brandy.
Bandera:
This version lines up three shot glasses-one with tequila (white), one with the reddish sangrita (red) and a third with the greenish juice of the key lime (green)-which are the colors of the Mexican flag (or bandera).
Submarino:
Basically, a shot of tequila with a beer chaser. (Sometimes a shot of tequila is inverted inside the beer mug so when you drink the beer the shot glass tips a little letting tequila escape into the beer.)
Coscorron:
This translates as a "knock on the head." Here's why: Add a bit of lemon-lime soda and a few drops of key lime (limon) to a shot of tequila. Then, with your hand covering the top of the shot glass, tap (gently, please) the glass on the table and drink it down.
