The Cocktail That Mexican Coke Enthusiasts Will Love

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.

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.

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.

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.