My love affair with tequila started years ago when I was hang­ing out at our week­end spot, Annies, and one of my friends Albee took me under his wing to teach me about tequila.  I made the com­mon mis­take of order­ing Albee’s brand of choice, Jose Cuervo with the lemon & salt.  Albee looked at me with a face of shock and dis­be­lief and quickly taught me that the proper way to enjoy Cuervo is to take it straight.  Now when the crav­ing for tequila hits, I pre­fer a good shot of Cuervo straight.  I never really got into the Patron hype. 

I dis­cov­ered the Par­tida Tequila brand of tequila by chance and received some lovely sam­ples to test drive.  Can I say, while I adore Cuervo, my new tequila of choice is Par­tida Tequila.  If you are a tequila fan like this gal here and are sick of the Patron over­load, check out Par­tida Tequila Brand.  It is out of this world.

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MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE, COCKTAIL STYLE

Adapted from Tyler Flo­rence, Food Network

Ingre­di­ents:

• 3 ounces (tablet or cone) Mex­i­can choco­late or bit­ter­sweet chocolate
• 3 cups milk
• 2 table­spoons sugar
• Tequila (to taste) [I used Par­tida Tequila Blanco]
• Pinch salt
• Whipped Cream
• Cin­na­mon Sticks For Serving/Stirring

Direc­tions:

1. Break up the choco­late into smaller pieces using a sharp knife.
2. In a saucepan, com­bine the chopped choco­late, milk, sugar, and salt over medium-low flame.
3. Heat and stir until the choco­late is com­pletely melted and milk is very hot, but not boil­ing, about 10 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat and froth the choco­late milk with a mini whisk or molinillo.
5. Pour into mugs.
6. Add tequila to taste (heavy hand is not always best here) and stir.
7. Add a dol­lop of whipped cream and gar­nish with a cin­na­mon stick.

First Up, Select Your Tequila of Choice.  I chose the Par­tida Tequila Blanco for this recipe

Gather Your Ingredients

This small disk of choco­late is not  for snack­ing but for cooking. 

Chop the Choco­late Into Smaller Pieces

Add the Milk

Let the hot choco­late sim­mer away happily

This is the molin­illo but you can use a wisk too.

Time to add the Tequila

The Final Result – Cock­tail Hour Has Commenced

*FTC Dis­claimer:  Tequila Sam­ples were pro­vided by representative.