Besos

Besos Margarita began as the house specialty at Besos Latinos, a ceviche restaurant chef Luis Cabrera ran in Auckland after moving from Jalisco, Mexico, the historic home of tequila. When he opened a second site in Wynyard Quarter, he put only margaritas on the cocktail list, confident nobody could make a better one. Demand for home delivery during lockdown eventually outgrew the restaurant altogether, and Besos became a standalone bottled brand in its own right.

The recipe sticks to what made the original popular, one hundred percent blue agave tequila from the Jalisco highlands, lime juice, and agave nectar, with no mixto style tequila or artificial additives allowed near it. Each bottle arrives ready to serve with chilli salt included, a shortcut to a properly made drink rather than a shortcut on ingredients. It has become one of the more talked about names in Easy Tiger's pre-mixed cocktails range.