This is a Mexican take on the French ’75, if that wasn’t completely obvious.
Let’s assume you’ve frosted your favourite glasswear and waste no time…
Ingredientes
- 150 ml / 4 oz. Tequila – a Reposado is best, blanco is OK but perhaps not sweet enough, anejo too strong here but suit yourself
- 2 oz. Lime Juice – trust me you want fresh lime juice here – you’ll probably need a lime per glass
- 1-2 tbsp Agave nectar – this natural sweetener complements the above two ingredients; you can also see it called agave syrup
- 10 oz. Champagne – although these days that gives me such bad heartburn, I go with a nice dry Prosecco; if you are using Champagne, I recommend a blanc de blanc!
Metódo
- Fill a shaker all the way up with ice and add the Tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake until the shaker is totally frosted.
- Pour into your frosted flutes, coupes or other preferred glasswear.
- Top with the Champagne or your prefrerred sparkling white wine.
- Garnish with a twist of lime.
The story
Having spent a nice autumnal Saturday afternoon doing some walking through historic London with my partner and work friends, in the evening it suddenly became “weather for a barstool”.
My walk ended exactly on one, in a very cool place called Pinxito’s (this was near Old Street and sadly this branch is no longer operational, but I think they still have one in Soho).
Initially the other lads in the group and I were drinking draught beers while we decided what we wanted to eat, but then I spotted by colleague’s partner drinking something a lovely shade of bright green with a twist of lime.
She quickly indicated it on the menu and giggled as my face visibly lit up. This was my cup of tea, minus the tea and adding tequila and lime.
I switched to the Mexican ’75, told the barman keep ’em coming and spent a long night in there. We had quite a hoot with the barstaff who were somewhat gobsmacked how many of these we could pound.
For me this has become a New Year’s staple, as sparkling wine is usually abundant during the season but the novelty of which might have worn off come 31st December.