Mateo looked at his dusty bottle of blanco tequila, then at the half-eaten lime in his bag, and finally at the coconut shells scattered around his blanket. He was about to take a sad, straight shot when a local fisherman named Chuy laughed at him.
"The bum-bum is important," Chuy explained. "It wakes up the spirits in the tequila." tequila bum bum recipe
Mateo took a sip. Sweet, tart, salty, with a warm kick that went straight to his soul. He asked what it was called. Chuy grinned. Mateo looked at his dusty bottle of blanco
"Tequila Bum Bum. Because after two of these, your heart goes bum-bum… and after four, your head goes bum-bum against the table." "It wakes up the spirits in the tequila
Chuy grabbed a fresh coconut, cracked it open, and poured the sweet water into a hollowed-out pineapple rind he’d saved from lunch. He added a heavy pour of tequila, a squeeze of lime, a dash of spicy syrup, and a sprinkle of sea salt. Then he shook it — not with a shaker, but with a rhythm against his thigh, like a drumbeat.
"You're drinking it like a gringo," Chuy said. "Watch."