27 Cinco de Mayo Drinks You’ll Love

This chelada beer cocktail is so refreshing with just a hint of saltiness and fresh lime juice to keep you cool this summer.

It's one of the best Cinco de Mayo drinks if you're looking for something that isn't too boozy, yet still a tasty treat.

And it's a great pairing with Mexican pulled pork, aka cochinita pibil.

Named after the legendary Black Cowboy who often appears after dusk offering bar patrons a ride home, it is less dangerous than the legend.

A refreshing tequila cocktail with Coca Cola and lime, it's similar to a Cuba Libre cocktail, which uses rum.

Mexico's ultimate brunch drink, also a great hangover cure. The Michelada is similar to a Bloody Mary or Caesar drink. However, it uses beer instead of vodka.

In Mexico you order your favourite beer and get another glass with the Michelada mix in it, so you can add as much or as little of beer as you like.

This non alcoholic Cinco de Mayo drink means everyone in the family can celebrate.

Agua frescas (also called agua de frutas) are very traditional Mexican drinks of fruit blended with water.

Get the kids involved and make it with chocobananos, a frozen banana street food common in Mexico.

A classic Mexican tequila cocktail, would you believe the paloma only requires 3 ingredients?

It's a fantastic pairing with Mayan grilled pork loin known as poc chuc.

This Mexican vodka cocktail is a twist on the traditional Michelada using key limes.

The first time I had tamarind was in a frozen popsicle at Chichen Itza one of the most popular ruins in the Mayan Riviera, along with the Tulum ruins.

Agua Fresca de Tamarindo uses the tamarind fruit for a great non-alcoholic Mexican drink that is spicy and yet both sweet and sour.

This tart paloma adds a bit of strawberry syrup for a bit of sweetness making it refreshingly perfect for Cinco de Mayo.

Make it a meal with this sopa de lima, with fresh lime juice that brings out the delicious tart flavours of the drink.

Why not start off the day with a Mexican inspired coffee?

This Mexican mocha uses Mexican chocolate and traditional ingredients in Mexico.

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Start off with a delicious infused tequila. It's easy to do but this recipe gives fantastic tips as the spicy jalapeno infuses faster than the pineapple so you do need to balance the two.

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One of the most popular drinks in Mexico. Agua de Jamaica is another agua fresca, which makes it perfect for kids.

In this case it comes from the dried hibiscus flower, to produce its vibrant red colour.

You'll find it at every restaurant in Mexico as it is so popular.

A modern Mexican cocktail that muddles grapefruit, orange, lime and mint. Add a dash of tequila and it is perfect on a warm day.

I first tried this drink in Campeche and loved it.

A fantastic non-alcoholic Cinco de Mayo drink, this creamy Mexican rice drink can easily be made dairy free.

Simply soak almonds and rice together and mix with cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg.

One of the most popular Cinco de Mayo drinks, the classic margarita is actually quite simple.

It uses tequila, cointreau, fresh lime juice and salt. If you'd like a bit of sweetness add a bit of blue agave syrup.

Grapefruit is common in many Mexican drinks so it's not surprising to see it appear in several of these Cinco de Mayo cocktails.

This is a fun frozen margarita with a sugar salt rim.

This strawberry margarita is like one of the best strawberry desserts to celebrate this Mexican holiday.

This recipe uses fresh strawberries can be served as frozen or a margarita on the rocks.

Bring a bit of heat to your cocktail with spicy habanero peppers.

This tasty margarita cocktail takes things up a notch by adding grilled watermelon and habanero hot sauce.

ANOTHER EASY RECIPE: Watermelon Salad

If you’ve seen a cadillac margarita on the menu and wondered what made it a cadillac, it's simply the splash of Gran Marnier on top.

This version of the tequila cocktail comes at a premium price and so it's a great make at home cocktail for a Cinco de Mayo party.

One of the prettiest margaritas recipes with the addition of vibrant blood orange juice.

You can squeeze them at home, or simply buy blood orange juice.

A light, refreshing and tart margarita, it uses fresh grapefruit juice and a splash of lime.

This Cinco de Mayo drink uses vibrant hibiscus, also known as jamaica along with blood orange to give a beautiful colour.

And instead of tequila, this is a mezcal cocktail, a very popular Mexican spirit.

One of the most popular Mexican fruits, mango is fantastic in cocktails.

This mango margarita will bring you back to memories of sunny Mexican beaches of Playa del Carmen.

Coconut takes margaritas up a notch with its refreshing creaminess.

And while this Mexican cocktail is found at all the Playa del Carmen restaurants on the beach, you can now enjoy it at home.

If you love this frozen pineapple daiquiri with rum you'll want to try this Cinco de Mayo tequila drink.

This is an easy cocktail using fresh pineapple, mint and limeade.

This cherry margarita can be made all year long as it uses frozen pitted cherries making it one of the easiest Cinco de Mayo cocktails.

Adding cherry juice packs a punch. Pair it with tortillas and easy homemade pico de gallo.

If you love a grapfruit paloma, this spicy grapefruit margarita will be a hit.

Freshly squeezed grapefruits and jalapenos are a great combination, especially with this easy Mexican ceviche recipe.