Ingredients
- .5 oz Tequila
- .5 oz OP Rum
- 1 oz Coffee Liqueur
- 1 oz Vodka
Instructions
- Pour the coffee liqueur (Kahlua) into a small rocks or old-fashioned glass.
- Add the overproof rum (Bacardi 151) and tequila on top of the coffee liqueur.
- Top with vodka.
- Ignite the top of the drink and allow it to burn for a few seconds.
- Extinguish the flame, quickly insert a straw to the bottom of the glass, and consume the drink.
Notes
Estimated Nutrition:
Where the name came from
Aztec and Mayan-themed shock shots travelled the same route as the Brain Haemorrhage and the IED. The Mayan Sacrifice leans into the dark colour from the coffee liqueur and the high proof from the 151. The name does the rest.
It is a four-spirit shot poured into a single glass. No layering, no stir, no shake.
What it tastes like
Coffee on the lead, agave behind it, vodka warmth in the middle, 151 burn at the back. Dark, sweet and aggressive in equal measure.
Cold ingredients are essential. Frozen and the burn falls back. Warm and the rum overpowers everything.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The 151
- Use
- Bacardi 151 or Wray and Nephew
- Why
- The high proof is the engine
The coffee liqueur
- Use
- Kahlua or Tia Maria
- Why
- Adds the dark colour and a sweet round
The tequila
- Use
- Silver tequila, Espolon or Olmeca Altos
- Why
- Clean agave is what the rum needs to balance against
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Wray and Nephew or any overproof rum.
Mezcal works. Adds smoke.
Cold espresso reduced with sugar to syrup.
Use 100 proof rum instead of 151.
Light the surface for three seconds, blow out before drinking.
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