Six Tequila Cocktails for Cinco de Mayo

Yerba Buena
Recipe adapted from Donna Scala of Bistro Don Giovanni in Napa California

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Yerba Beuna Ingredients

  • 2 oz Partida Reposado
  • 8 to 10 Mint Sprigs
  • 1/2 oz Fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • Ginger Beer
Muddle Mint, Lime juice & Agave Nectar in a highball glass. Add ice to fill. Add Tequila & top with Ginger Beer. Stir with bar spoon. Garnish with Mint sprig & lime wheel.
Anejo Old-Fashioned
Recipe by Julie Reiner – Flatiron Lounge – Manhattan
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Anego Old Fashioned Ingredients
  • 3 oz Partida Anejo Tequila
  • 1/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • Dash Angostura Bitters
  • Orange Peel

In a Old- Fashioned glass Muddle the Orange peel, Bitters & Agave nectar. Muddle just to release the Orange oils. Add ice and Partida Anejo. Stir to mix all ingredients & garnish with Brandied cherries on a pick.

Caliente Partida

Caliente.jpgCaliente Partida Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz Partida Reposado
  • 3 chunks of pineapple
  • 2 ginger wheels
  • 1/4 oz Fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 oz agave nectar
  • 1/4 oz ginger ale

In a mixing glass muddle the first four ingredients. Add ice & Partida Reposado. Shake and strain over fresh ice into a highball glass. Top off with Ginger Ale. Garnish with a couple pieces of crystallized ginger.

Partida Margarita with 100% Organic Agave Nectar
This is the Margarita recipe made World famous by Julio Bermejo at
Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco.

Partida Margarita with 100% Organic Agave Nectar Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Partida Blanco Tequila
  • 1 oz Fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 3/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 3/4 oz Water

Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain over fresh ice into a Margarita glass or Old-Fashioned glass. Taste for Balance.

Ruby Partida
Recipe by King Cocktail – Dale De Groff
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Ruby Partida Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Partida Reposado Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz Fresh Ruby Red Grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 oz Cointreau
  • 1/2 oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz French Cassis.

Shake the first 4 ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a
chilled cocktail glass. Dribble the ½ oz French Cassis down the inside
of the glass so it will settle at the bottom.

Scramble
Recipe by Dre Masso & Henry Bessant from the World Wide Cocktail Club – London

Scramble Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz Partida Blanco
  • 1/2 oz Fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 1/4 oz Crème de Mure (French Blackberry liqueur)

Shake all ingredients except for Crème de Mure with ice. Strain over Crushed ice into a Old-Fashioned glass. Drizzle ¼ oz Crème de Mure over the top and it will slowly bleed into the cocktail. Garnish with a Lemon Spiral twist and 3 Blackberries.