Let’s celebrate Cinco de Mayo early this weekend! Our favorite blackberry margarita mix and sea salt cocktail rimmer has arrived in our shop kitchen.
Blackberry Margarita Mix…Shipped from Nashville, Tennessee our new southern blackberry margarita is the south in a bottle and a best seller. Freshly squeezed juices and fresh blackberry puree makes this mixer a ray of berry goodness. Mix over ice with tequila, vodka, gin, bourbon, moonshine or rum, stir...Garnish...Repeat.
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Let’s have a history lesson….
Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. The day, which falls on Monday, May 5 in 2025, is also known as Battle of Puebla Day. While it is a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a commemoration of Mexican culture and heritage.
Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, a popular misconception. Instead, it commemorates a single battle. In 1861, Benito Juárez—a lawyer and member of the Indigenous Zapotec tribe—was elected president of Mexico. At the time, the country was in financial ruin after years of internal strife, and the new president was forced to default on debt payments to European governments.
In response, France, Britain and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz, Mexico, demanding repayment. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew their forces.
France, however, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve an empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large force of troops and driving President Juárez and his government into retreat.
The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers. Fewer than 100 Mexicans had been killed in the clash.
The success at the Battle of Puebla on May 5 represented a great symbolic victory for the Mexico and bolstered the resistance movement.
