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Tequila - Liquid Kitchen

Baja Bound by Kyle Branche , kbranche@earthlink.net

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f you drive down the California coast and just
keep goin’ and goin’, you’ll find yourself in a
place called Baja – more cactus than people,
more time than worries and surrounded by the
ocean and the sea. It’s a great place to slow down
and play your guitar, and the perfect setting for
romance – and Tequila. I hope these recipes
bring a little of Baja to you, wherever you are.
The traditional drink of the blue agave harvest
festival is the Cantarito, a refreshing celebra-
tion of Amatitan, Jalisco, and Mexico itself. The
recipe is as follows: Over ice in a large glass,
pour in 1 1/2 oz of Partida Blanco tequila, 2 1/2
oz of Schweppes tonic water, 1 1/2 oz of fresh
lime juice, 2 oz of orange juice, and 4 1/2 oz of
grapefruit juice. Garnish with diced pieces of
each fruit.
Nothing could be more enticing on a hot swel-
tering day underneath the sheltering sky than a
I hope these taste of sweet Lolita. In a chilled cocktail glass,
shake & strain 2 oz Casa Noble Anejo tequila,
the juice of 1 squeezed lime, a teaspoon of
recipes bring honey, and 2 dashes of Angostura bitters. Gar-
nish with a melon ball of honeydew.
For those of you whose palate favors the fla-
a little bit of vors of orange, lime and black raspberry, indulge
yourself in the preparation of the San Remo want to take a walk over to the hotel bar and
Martini. First in a shaker, than in a chilled mar- order a brisk cocktail La Paloma . The bar-
Baja to you, tini glass goes 2 oz Corazon tequila, 1oz Cham- tender will build it over ice in a tall glass, but
bord, 1oz Cointreau, and a dash of fresh lime here’s the recipe in case you want to make it
juice. Garnish with a twist of orange peel. when you get home: 2 oz Don Eduardo Re-
wherever If you’re a bit old fashioned, it doesn’t bother posado tequila, the juice of a half lime, a pinch
me. In fact, this drink is for you. The Chapala of salt, and fill with either Hanson’s grapefruit
goes in an old fashioned glass filled with cubed soda or Canada Dry club soda and a splash of
you are or cracked ice, but you still have to shake & grapefruit juice. Garnish with a slice of lime.
strain the ingredients well before you throw it In the evening sometime after a nice meal,
over the ice. And they are: 1 1/2 oz Don Julio guillotine the cigar and enjoy a simple cocktail,
Blanco tequila, a dash of Hiram Walker triple my Compadre. Take a cocktail glass out of the
sec, a dash of Trader Vic’s grenadine, 1/4 oz or- refrigerator and stir-chill & strain the following:
ange juice and 1/4 oz lemon juice. Garnish with 1 1/2 oz Sauza Hornitos tequila, 1/4 oz
a cold slice of orange. Luxardo maraschino liqueur, a dash of grenadine
After a refreshing afternoon siesta with a gen- for color, and 2 dashes of Fee Brothers orange
tle breeze caressing your hammock, you may bitters. No garnish, just sit back and fire one up.

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