Cantarito
The Cantarito is blanco tequila, grapefruit, orange and lime topped with grapefruit soda, served over ice in a clay cup with a lime wheel. Fresh citrus and fizz keep it light and bright, and the clay keeps it cold. Mexican Independence Day's drink.
- GlassClay cantarito
- MethodBuilt in the glass
- Ingredients5
Directions
- Rim a clay cantarito cup or tall tumbler with salt if you like, then fill it with ice.
- Add the tequila and the three juices and stir.
- Top with grapefruit soda.
ToolsJiggerBar spoonClay cantarito
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The Cantarito's exact origins are hard to trace, but it belongs to Jalisco's tequila country, where it is served in unglazed clay cántaros that keep the drink cool. Cantaritos El Güero, which opened in 1997 in Amatitán near the town of Tequila, was the first bar dedicated to the drink.
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What you'll need to buy
Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.
Bottle math, generally
Batching dilution
When you batch, there's no ice melting in a shaker, so you add the water yourself: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken ones.
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