The best tequila and mezcal cocktails
The top 3 according to 25 votes from people: Margarita · Cantarito · Mezcal Negroni. (Updated Sep 13, 2025.)
The most emblematic Mexican tequila and mezcal cocktails, from cantina classics to the ones ordered at every bar in Mexico today.
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Top 10
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Margarita
Tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice in a salt-rimmed glass.
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Cantarito
Tequila with orange, grapefruit and lime juices and grapefruit soda in a clay cup; from Amatitán, Jalisco.
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Mezcal Negroni
A Negroni with mezcal instead of gin, smokier.
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Paloma
Tequila with grapefruit soda (Squirt) and lime; the most ordered cocktail in Mexico.
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Charro negro
Tequila with cola and lime, named after a regular at a bar in Tequila.
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Vampiro
Tequila with homemade sangrita, grapefruit juice and grapefruit soda.
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Mezcalita
A margarita with smoky espadín mezcal; hibiscus or passion fruit are popular twists.
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Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Reposado tequila and mezcal with agave syrup and bitters, created by Phil Ward in 2007.
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Oaxaca Sour
Mezcal, lime, agave syrup and egg white with cinnamon.
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Tequila with sangrita
Not a cocktail but a ritual: a shot of tequila with orange and chilli sangrita on the side.
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Tequila Sunrise
Tequila, orange juice and grenadine imitating a sunrise.
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Batanga
Tequila, cola and lime with salt, created at La Capilla in Tequila by Don Javier Delgado Corona.
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Comments (3)
La paloma es el coctel más tomado en México, de verdad, más que la margarita.
Un cantarito en Tlaquepaque en jarrito de barro, la mejor manera de tomarlo.
La batanga del bar La Capilla en Tequila, Jalisco, la inventó Don Javier Delgado Corona. Hay que ir.