This Margarita Raspado is a Tequila-Fueled Snow Cone of Awesomeness
The Margarita Raspado: A Mexican street food cocktail that's as refreshing as it is chaotic. Tequila, passionfruit, lime, and Cointreau shaken violently, served over shaved ice with a drizzle of sweet and spicy chamoy.
I like a margarita. A proper one. None of that frozen slush puppy nonsense you get in places where the music is too loud and the clientele wear more neon than a Tokyo Pachinko parlor. But sometimes, even I can't be bothered with the faff of dragging out the industrial-grade blender, the one I normally reserve for pulverizing particularly stubborn root vegetables. So, what’s a chap to do when the sun's over the yardarm and the thirst for something tequila-based is clawing at your throat like a badger in a sack?
Well, gather 'round, you horticultural hooligans, because I’ve stumbled upon a solution, and it involves neither blenders nor, thankfully, anything resembling a cocktail umbrella. It's called a Margarita Raspado, and it's basically a Mexican snow cone for grown-ups. Don’t let the name fool you, though. This isn't some flimsy excuse for a drink. This is a proper, face-melting cocktail, disguised as a refreshing summer treat.
