# The best tequila and mezcal cocktails

The most emblematic Mexican tequila and mezcal cocktails, from cantina classics to the ones ordered at every bar in Mexico today.

- 25 votes · 12 items
- Sep 13, 2025 · Abril Salazar Martínez
- https://even.best/en/l/136/the-best-tequila-and-mezcal-cocktails

## Top 10

1. **Margarita** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice in a salt-rimmed glass.
2. **Cantarito** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Tequila with orange, grapefruit and lime juices and grapefruit soda in a clay cup; from Amatitán, Jalisco.
3. **Mezcal Negroni** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A Negroni with mezcal instead of gin, smokier.
4. **Paloma** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tequila with grapefruit soda (Squirt) and lime; the most ordered cocktail in Mexico.
5. **Charro negro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tequila with cola and lime, named after a regular at a bar in Tequila.
6. **Vampiro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tequila with homemade sangrita, grapefruit juice and grapefruit soda.
7. **Mezcalita** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A margarita with smoky espadín mezcal; hibiscus or passion fruit are popular twists.
8. **Oaxaca Old Fashioned** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Reposado tequila and mezcal with agave syrup and bitters, created by Phil Ward in 2007.
9. **Oaxaca Sour** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mezcal, lime, agave syrup and egg white with cinnamon.
10. **Tequila with sangrita** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Not a cocktail but a ritual: a shot of tequila with orange and chilli sangrita on the side.
11. **Tequila Sunrise** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Tequila, orange juice and grenadine imitating a sunrise.
12. **Batanga** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Tequila, cola and lime with salt, created at La Capilla in Tequila by Don Javier Delgado Corona.

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