# The best traditional Mexican drinks

Traditional Mexican drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, many of pre-Hispanic origin, according to Wikipedia, Excélsior and guides to Mexican drinks.

- 81 votes · 13 items
- Feb 26, 2025 · croqueta_puebla
- https://even.best/en/l/463/the-best-traditional-mexican-drinks

## Top 12

1. **Agua de horchata** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — Rice water with cinnamon and vanilla, the companion to tacos.
2. **Mezcal** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Spirit from agave roasted in earth ovens, smoky; Oaxaca is its capital.
3. **Tequila** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Blue agave spirit with a designation of origin in Jalisco and four other states.
4. **Agua de jamaica** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Cold hibiscus infusion, tart and red.
5. **Michelada** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Beer with lime, salt and sauces in a rimmed glass.
6. **Atole** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Hot pre-Hispanic corn masa drink, with cinnamon or fruit.
7. **Champurrado** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Chocolate atole, to go with tamales.
8. **Pulque** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Fermented maguey sap, thick; the drink of pulquerías.
9. **Café de olla** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Coffee with cinnamon and piloncillo in a clay pot.
10. **Tepache** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Fermented pineapple peel with piloncillo.
11. **Oaxacan hot chocolate** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Tablet chocolate whisked with a wooden molinillo.
12. **Tejuino** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Fermented corn drink with piloncillo, lime and sorbet, from Jalisco and Nayarit.
13. **Tascalate** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Corn, cacao and annatto drink from Chiapas.

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