Batanga

The Batanga is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 4 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 204 ml in the glass: a long drink.

Ingredients

• 0.3 mlsalt
• 12.5 mlfresh lime juice
• 60 mltequila
• 105 mlcola

Method

1. Salt the rim of the glass and fill it with ice.
2. Add the lime juice and tequila, then top with cola.
3. Stir with a knife, as they do at La Capilla.

Garnish: Salt the rim and garnish with a lime wedge.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.8 out of 10 of bitterness, 97th of 186 for sweetness.

round → sour

Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 47th of 186, and it comes from cola.

light → strong

Just 11.7% in the glass: lighter than 58% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.

Its closest neighbour is the Mexican 55: 98 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• Mexican 55Built on vino and with sparkling wine in place of cola.
• El DiabloWith ginger beer in place of cola and shorter by 33 ml.
• PalomaWith grapefruit soda in place of cola and shorter by 26 ml.
• Russian Spring PunchBuilt on vino and with sparkling wine in place of cola.
• John CollinsBuilt on gin and with soda water in place of cola.

Every drink near the Batanga on the map

Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026