
Ranch Water
West Texas ranch worker margarita. Simple, refreshing, and popular.
Wetin you need
- 60 mlTequila Blanco
- 30 mlLime Juice
- 120 mlTopo Chico
How to make am
- 1Fill highball glass with ice.
- 2Add tequila and lime juice.
- 3Top with Topo Chico.
- 4Stir small small.
Decoration
Lime wedge
Story
Ranch Water na di real deal drink for West Texas, e born for di big big ranch dem for Big Bend area where di hot wey dey burn you go need maximum cold drink with small wahala. Di drink don dey refresh ranch workers and local people for many years, but nobody sabi where e come from—maybe because e too simple so nobody think say make dem write am down. Wetin start as secret for one area don blow enter national popular for di 2020s, and now you go see am for can and for bar menu everywhere for America. Di taste na almost impossible how e fresh: clean blanco tequila, sour fresh lime juice, and di strong strong gas wey dey inside Topo Chico mineral water. Na dat be dat. No sugar, no orange liquor, no salt—just Margarita wey dem reduce am to only di important things and add soda water make e long. Di result na drink wey so easy to drink say you go forget say alcohol dey inside until you don drink three. Ranch Water dey attract people wey like Margarita and dey find something light, people wey dey mind their health, anybody wey dey for very hot weather, and people wey like simple things. E perfect for when you wan drink all day, summer barbecue, pool party, and any time wey you want freshness pass wahala. Pro Tips: Topo Chico na must have for people wey serious—di strong gas inside na part of di character—but any good soda water go work. Use clean, quality blanco tequila. Fresh lime juice no dey negotiate. Build am for glass on top ice, add Topo Chico last and stir small small make di gas no comot. Some people dey add small salt inside di drink or put small salt for di edge of di glass. Keep am cold, keep am simple, continue dey drink.