Base: Tequila
Tequila Shot
Tequila with salt and lime — the classic ritual.
Quick answer: 50 ml tequila • Salt • Lime wedge
BrandBar Editorial Team
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● Medium 5 min
Ingredients
- —50 ml tequila
- —Salt
- —Lime wedge
Story
The Mexican salt-tequila-lime ritual spread to the US after WWII — the salt softened the bite of cheaper tequila.
Method
- 1Wet the back of your hand and sprinkle with salt.
- 2Lick the salt, then shoot the tequila.
- 3Bite into the lime wedge right after.
- 4Serve chilled.
Buy the ingredients
- Tequila555 ₴
Questions and answers
Tequila Shot: how much do the ingredients cost?
A full set of bottles at our prices is about 555 UAH (1 item). That is not the price of a single cocktail: one bottle lasts for many servings, and some of them go into other recipes too.
Tequila Shot: what do you need?
50 ml tequila; Salt; Lime wedge.
Tequila Shot: how long does it take?
About 5 minutes, 4 steps.