Mango Chilli Cooler Mocktail Recipe
Mango and lime with a salted chilli rim — sweet, sour and hot in that order.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Mango purée90 ml (3 oz)
- Fresh lime juice25 ml (0.8 oz)
- Simple syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Sparkling water90 ml (3 oz)
- Chilli powder1 pinch
How to Make It
- Rim a highball glass with chilli powder and salt.
- Fill with ice and add the mango purée, lime juice and syrup.
- Top with sparkling water and stir.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
Garnish
Chilli-salt rim and a lime wheel
What it tastes like
Fruit notes come forward, there is pineapple and passion fruit in it, there is a spiced warmth to it and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
- Sparkling water
- Mineral water or plain soda both work; the minerals in mineral water leave a faint salty depth. The fizz lasts longest in a small, unopened bottle.
The Story
The chilli-salt rim comes from the street stalls of both India and Mexico, which arrived at the same idea independently.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Mango Chilli Cooler mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Mango Chilli Cooler contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Mango Chilli Cooler hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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