Your Guide to Cinco de Mayo 2021 to enjoy with your friends
While Cinco de Mayo officially celebrates the 1862 Mexican army’s victory over the French, it’s become a holiday that people across the world celebrate. Typically, most people would spend the day eating at Mexican restaurants, downing margaritas and throwing parties — but in these unprecedented times, we’re having to adjust how we celebrate.
Luckily, there are so many virtual Cinco de Mayo ideas you can use to have a fun fiesta at home this year or safely with limited people. There are still ways to support your local Mexican-owned businesses, have fun with friends and loved ones and — of course — eat and drink your heart out. Cinco de Mayo looks a little different in 2021, but we’re still ready to celebrate.
Holidays are meant to bring people together, so let’s do that with Cinco de Mayo this year. To help you have a fun celebration at home or at a small get-together, we rounded up some easy Cinco de Mayo recipes to share with your friends and family on Zoom or in-person.
SPICY MANGORITA
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Casamigos Reposado Tequila
.75 oz. Mango Puree
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz. Simple Syrup
8–10 Cilantro Leaves
2 Serrano Slices
½ Thick Rim of Salt, Sugar, Tajín Mixture (Equal Parts)
Method
Wet rocks glass rim and roll half rim in salt/sugar/Tajín mixture. Combine all ingredients into tin shaker. Muddle cilantro/Serrano, add ice, shake vigorously, and fine strain into rimmed rocks glass. Add fresh ice and garnish with cilantro sprig.
SMOKY CASA MARGARITA
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Casamigos Mezcal Joven
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.75 oz. Agave Nectar
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Charred Orange Peel
Method
Combine all ingredients into tin shaker. Add ice, shake well, and strain into rocks glass. Add fresh ice and garnish with a charred orange peel.
CASAMIGOS MARGARITA LIGHT
1.5 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz. Agave Nectar
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Method
Combine all ingredients into tin shaker. Add ice, shake vigorously, then strain into rocks glass. Garnish with a half-moon orange slice.
Joven Margarita
Ingredients
2 oz Lobos 1707 Joven
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz pineapple juice
½ oz agave simple
½ oz orange Curaçao or triple sec
3 thin slices of cucumbers
2 thin slices of jalapeño
Pineapple leaf garnish
Method
With an orange cut in half, rub it along the rim of the glass
Put down a generous portion of tajin on a dish plate and roll glass over until desired amount
Add ice
Add all ingredients in to a shaking glass
Add ice, cover with small shaker and shake vigorously for 6–12 seconds
When done, remove small shaker and strain in to rocks glass
For the pineapple leaf garnish, simply remove one leaf from the top of a fresh pineapple
Reposado Negroni
Ingredients
Half dozen coffee beans
1 oz Lobos 1707 Reposado
1 oz Aperol
1 oz sweet vermouth
Orange peel
Method
Place a small handful of coffee beans into mixing a glass and crush the coffee beans
Add in all ingredients in to a shaking glass
Add ice
Stir for 10–20 seconds
Strain into a rocks glass
Express an orange peel over the top and drop in
Mezcal Mule
Ingredients
2 oz Lobos 1707 Mezcal
½ oz lime juice
6 oz ginger beer
Slice of lime
Method
Stir together all ingredients
Add ice
Add a slice of lime
Campo Verde Margarita (Green Field)
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
3/4 oz Agave Nectar
2 Slices Cucumber (Muddled)
3–4 Basil Leaves
Spicy salt or regular salt (half of the rim)
Method
Rim half of a chilled coupe glass with salt.
Muddle cucumber slices in a cocktail shaker. Add Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lime juice, agave nectar and fresh ice and shake well.
Strain contents into the coupe glass, garnish with a cucumber ribbon and basil leaf.
Don Julio Blanco Blood Orange Margarita
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco
1 oz Fresh Mexican Lime Juice
2 oz Fresh Blood Orange Juice
1 bar spoon superfine sugar
Salt for rim
Method
Rim a chilled rocks glass with salt.
Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh Mexican lime juice, fresh blood orange juice, and superfine sugar into a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake well.
Strain contents into the salt-rimmed rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with dehydrated blood Orange and Mexican lime wheels.
A Passion For Tequila
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz Fresh Passionfruit Juice
3/4 oz Agave Nectar
Coconut Water to top
Method
Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lime juice, fresh passionfruit juice, and agave nectar into cocktail shaker over ice. Shake well.
Strain contents into a Collins glass over fresh ice and top with coconut water.
PATRÓN Classic Margarita
1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver
1 oz PATRÓN Citrónge Orange
.75 oz Fresh lime juice
.25 oz Simple syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Kosher salt (optional)
Method
Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a lime wedge. Optionally, salt half the rim of the glass with kosher salt.
Fresh Ink Smoked Margarita
Ingredients
1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver
.5 oz Fresh lime juice
.5 oz Pineapple juice
.5 oz Agave nectar
1 Pinch of smoked paprika
Smoked sea salt rim
Lime for garnish
Method
Prepare a rocks glass by moistening the rim and rolling it in smoked sea salt. Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake to chill. Fine strain over fresh ice cubes in the prepared glass. Garnish with a lime and a dusting of smoked paprika.
VOLCAN MARGARITA
Ingredients
2 oz Volcan Blanco Tequila
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
¾ oz Agave Syrup
Salt & Lime for Rim
Method
Combine your tequila and lime juice, and agave syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until it is mixed and chilled. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Cincoro Margarita
Ingredients
2 oz Cincoro Blanco Tequila
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
¾ oz Cointreau
¼ oz Agave Nectar
Method
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a Double Old-Fashioned glass.
Cincoro Paloma
Ingredients
2 oz Cincoro Reposado Tequila
2 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
¼ Fresh Lime Juice
¼ oz Light Agave Nectar
Top splash with Club Soda
Method
Shake all ingredients except the club soda with ice and strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass.
Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 oz. Jose Cuervo® Tradicional® Plata
3 oz. blended and strained watermelon juice
1 oz. fresh lime juice
3/4 oz. orange liqueur
Lime wheel
Method
Slice watermelon into 1 inch cubes. Blend in a blender until smooth. Pour through a sieve to remove pulp. Add Jose Cuervo® Tradicional® Plata, watermelon juice, lime juice, and orange liqueur to a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake vigorously until cold. Strain into a glass over ice. Garnish with lime wheel. Enjoy!
El Diablo
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Camarena Silver or Reposado
.75 oz. Creme de cassis
3 oz. Ginger beer
.05 oz. Lime Juice
Blackberry and Mint (For Garnish)
Method
Add ingredients into an ice-filled mule mug or cantarito and stir together to combine/chill. Garnish with blackberry and mint.
Grand Margarita
Ingredients
0.75 PART GRAND MARNIER® CORDON ROUGE
1.5 PARTS ESPOLON® REPOSADO TEQUILA
1 PART FRESH LIME JUICE
0.25 PART AGAVE NECTAR
Method
Rim the rocks glass with fine salt (optional). Combine ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice and shake. Strain into rocks glass and fresh ice and garnish with lime wedge for an elevated take on the classic margarita.
Espolon Spicy Verde Margarita
Ingredients
1 part Ancho Reyes Verde Chile Liqueur
1 part Espolon Tequila Blanco
¾ Part Lime juice
½ Part agave nectar
Salt for rim
Method
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice
Shake and strain over fresh ice intro a rocks glass with half a salted rim
Garnish with a lime wheel
The Enchanted Forest
Ingredients
1.5 oz Mijenta Blanco Tequila
.5 oz of Blue Curacao
.5 oz pineapple juice
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz vanilla Horchata
Method
Shake and strain into cocktail glass
Garnish with moss, dry ice and micro flowers
Mijenta Paloma
Ingredients
2 parts Mijenta Blanco Tequila
1 part grapefruit juice
.5 part lime juice
1 part agave/cinnamon syrup
Top with prosecco
Method
Shake all ingredients with plenty of ice
Strain into a wine glass filled with ice
Top with prosecco
Garnish with grapefruit peel
Sagamore Spirit’s Ryegarita
Ingredients
1 oz Sagamore Spirit Distiller’s Select Tequila Finish
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Lime Juice
½ oz Agave Nectar
Crushed Ice
Sliced Jalapeno with or without seeds to taste
Lime for garnish
Sagamore Paloma
Ingredients
1.5 oz Sagamore Spirit Distiller’s Select Tequila Finish
1 oz Honey Simple Syrup
4 oz Grapefruit Juice
Splash of Club Soda
Spicy Cucumber Margarita
Ingredients
3 parts Hornitos Plata Tequila
1/2 part DeKuyper Triple Sec Liqueur
1 part Lemon juice
1 part Lime juice
1 part Agave Nectar (Optional)
Mini Cucumber
Jalapeno
Method
Muddle 1–2 thin slices of jalapeño pepper in the bottom of a cocktail shaker with the lime, lemon and optional agave nectar juices. Add the Tequila, Triple Sec and a handful of ice. Shake and strain into a margarita glass over ice. Garnish with thinly sliced cucumbers, and Jalapeño slices (optional for spice).
Pina Picante Margarita
Ingredients
2 oz. Tequila Herradura Silver
1 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
¾ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
½ oz. Agave Nectar (to taste)
3 Slices Muddled Serrano Pepper
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker, muddle with sliced serrano pepper. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a fresh glass filled with ice. Garnish with a pineapple slice, pineapple leaves and serrano pepper.
DeLeón Red Raspberry Raspado
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz DeLeón Blanco Tequila
1 oz Raspberry Puree
3/4 oz Agave Nectar
3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
5 Mint Leaves
Method
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Fill a rocks glass with shaved ice. Pour cocktails over ice. Garnish with lemon slice, red raspberry and mint on a skewer.
Crook & Marker
With Cinco de Mayo coming up in a few weeks, now is the perfect time to stock up on Margaritas without the added calories! To celebrate the launch of its newest premium canned Lime Margaritas, Crook & Marker is spreading the love and currently running a national buy-one-get-one (BOGO) promotion, dubbed Cinco de Margo, to encourage consumers to try its new Margaritas
Starting now through May 31, consumers can try the new Lime Margaritas for free with the purchase of any Crook & Marker 8-pack (stores may be located here).
sipMARGS
Launching May 3rd, sipMARGS is a real, authentic margarita made with top-quality tequila, not another zero carb, zero flavor, hard seltzer. It is low calorie, low sugar, low carbs and comes in four creative flavors: Classic Sparkling Margarita, Sparkling Mango Margarita, Sparkling Coconut Margarita and Sparkling Mezcal Margarita.
Volcan Blanco Tequila
Volcan De Mi Tierra Tequila is not just a drink, at its heart, it’s a Mexican heritage that inspires us to let our passion become our purpose in life. Tequila Blanco blends its herbal, citrus, and spice notes indicative of the lowlands with fruit notes of cherry, pear, and peach from the highlands.
Altos Plata
Altos Plata is recognized for its natural smoothness when sipped, and is a top choice tequila for margaritas by bartenders. Plata offers the herbal aroma of steamed agave and is sweet to the mouth with citrus notes like lime and lemon. If you’re going with a fruit margarita, it tends to pair better with mild and sweeter foods, so you couldn’t go wrong with a fruit salad or a dessert like a flan or sorbet. If you’re going with a frozen margarita, a spicier dish will actually compliment the milder flavors, so try fajitas or tamales.
Avión Reserva 44 Extra Añejo
Avión Reserva 44 Extra Añejo is placed in oak barrels for 44 months — 43 of those months are spent in traditional oak barrels, and the final month is spent in “petite” oak barrels which are rotated daily. As a result, The tequila has a deep aroma of roasted agave, along with scents of vanilla and light citrus, particularly lemon zest. The nose gives way to flavors of dried fruits, cinnamon, and eucalyptus on the palate, which leads to an extremely long and rich finish. Anejos tequilas go great with luxurious, flavorful desserts like churros, Creme Brulee or something as simple as frozen peaches or dark chocolate.
Los Arango Tequila
Originally crafted to honor Jose Doroteo Arango, better known as Pancho Villa, for defending his people against the tyrants in the Mexican Revolution, Los Arango was born in his family name. Today, we continue to honor this triumphant moment in Mexican history throughout every batch of Los Arango tequila.
It is made from 100% Blue Weber Agave, harvested just steps away from the Hacienda Corralejo where it’s fired in clay ovens and fermented with a specialty yeast strain. It’s then double distilled, bottled in blown glass, and hand-finished with premium leather, metal, and wood accents all onsite at the Hacienda. Los Arango’s line of authentic offerings includes Blanco ($45.99), Reposado ($50) and Ańejo ($62).
Mijenta Tequila — Blanco
Mijenta is an artisanal, small batch tequila from the highlands of Jalisco. Inspired by a shared cultural heritage, Mijenta offers a unique and super-premium spirit that is carefully crafted with a commitment to environmental sustainability and support for the local community. Mijenta’s products are handmade, numbered, and embrace traditional methods, crafting excellence through a bespoke distillation process. Their blanco bottle is stunningly designed with beautiful pink packaging, perfect for the mom who might need an extra cocktail this year.
Tequila Chamucos
This tequila uses packaging made from recycled materials only. The bottles are made from glass heated at low temperatures, using less fuel and the organic agaves are hand-harvested using no herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. Stir up the Mischievous Margarita after biking home from work.
Uptown Cocktails
This Cinco de Mayo, imbibe in the bold flavors of Uptown Cocktails, a 2021 Product of the Year winner, with flavors like Margarita, Strawberry Margarita and Ruby Red Grapefruit that are perfect for the holiday. These premixed drinks are a vibrant, sophisticated blend of wine and natural ingredients — no corn syrup, no artificial flavors, and kosher certified. All seven flavors of the 1.5-Liter cocktails are expertly mixed and 13.9 percent alcohol by volume. Treat yourself, your guests and share the possibilities.
21Seeds Fruit-Infused Tequila
Female-founded 21Seeds fruit-infused tequila is the perfect gift for the mom who likes to end her day with a glass of wine, but is looking for a lighter, more refreshing option! 21Seeds is available in three delicious infusions: Cucumber Jalapeno, Valencia Orange, and Grapefruit Hibiscus.
Tropical Chamoy Michelada
Estrella Jalisco, the Mexican beer becoming a favorite among cerveza aficionados, is introducing a flavorful twist on the classic Michelada just in time for the outdoor dining boom.
The new Tropical Chamoy Michelada is a traditional lager featuring a 3.5% ABV and a flavorful blend of clamato, chamoy and pineapple. Fun fact: it’s the first ready-to-drink beverage in the U.S. to use chamoy!
As you may know, chamoy is a distinctly Mexican flavor that is widely loved, but hard to describe. The term doesn’t even have an official definition! That’s why with the launch of Tropical Chamoy Michelada, Estrella Jalisco is embarking on a mission to define the sweet-salty-spicy-sour flavor once and for all — and give chamoy the recognition it deserves.
Fans are invited to sign Estrella Jalisco’s petition asking Merriam-Webster to add chamoy to the dictionary. Visit change.org/definechamoy to join us in adding some flavor to the dictionary!
Man Crates Beer Margarita Crate
The Personalized Beer Margarita Crate features a pair of heavy-duty personalized schooner glasses and upside-down beer bottle holders so he can recline while his drink refills. And of course, a set of premium mixings to perfectly flavor this quirky pairing.
Man Crates Jerky Pinata
Not only did Man Crates design a bull piñata with a hyper-punchable face, they secretly swapped out the sugary stuffing for a twenty-four piece fiesta mix of fine meat. The perfect swing will give way to a surprise flavor storm of jerky strips and meat sticks.
