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Subject: Re: Batanga?
From: Dom Costa
Posted: Thu Feb 15. 2007, 22:02 UTC
Followup to: "Batanga?"  by John Martin  (Mon Feb 12. 2007, 15:55 UTC)
> I discovered the tequila-based drink "Batanga" over this last 
> weekend.
> 
> The recipe isn't online here (at least by that name). It's also not 
> at Drinkboy or CocktailDB.
> 
> The Book "80 Bars in 80 Days" has a rocks glass recipe with a 2-ounce 
> pour of tequila, topped with Coca-Cola. YouTube 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os08Ke3OrP0 shows the same bartender 
> (Don Javier) making the same drink in a tall glass, but probably 
> still with the half tequila half Coke proportions.
> 
> There's also a reference to the drink and the ritual at Tequila 
> Aficionado http://www.tequilaaficionado.com/print.php?sid=358
> 
> Anyone have direct experience with this Coke/Tequila/Lime/Salt 
> drink?
> 
> -- John Martin


Yes I had, I was drinking it at La Capilla Bar , in Tequila, prepared by Don 
Javier in person. By the way, Don Javier was the one who invented the drink 
something like 50 years old. He is now 83 if I remeber well and still 
bartending every day, this man is a living legend,.
Dom


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