Last week in Switzerland, a team of physicists activated the CERN Large Hadron Collider and identified evidence of the Higgs Boson particle, a formerly theoretical component of the “Standard Model” of the universe, which purports to explain why matter possesses mass.¹ They celebrated their discovery the way people the world over celebrate anything: they downed a bunch of shots of tequila.²

We at Sneakhype salute these scientists who have dedicated their lives to uncovering the mysteries of the cosmos and we approve of their drink of choice.  As you’ll see in future entries in this column, tequila is a favorite of ours as well and we don’t require anything as momentous as a Nobel to throw some down.³  In fact, give us a bottle of Avión Reposado tequila and that’s cause for celebration enough (we’ll take a shot glass and some tabasco sauce too, thanks). But say you’re trying to up the ante a bit and want to demonstrate your mixological prowess? In that case, shots won’t work and simply tossing tequila and orange juice together and calling it a day won’t do, either. Really, this is stuff to be savored, combined with muddled ingredients, topped with a garnish, and prepared with a little bit of care, and with that in mind we suggest,

Check out the photos below for some step-by-step instruction on preparing this devastatingly good cocktail.

And if you’d like to watch an attractive expert make the same drink, check out the video from Avión here.

Photography credit: Chris Svetlik