[1] The vampiro can be made with Mexican sangrita, a prepared drink mixer containing orange juice and chili peppers.

One recipe lists the ingredients as tequila, limes, Kosher salt, Squirt brand citrus-flavoured soda and Viuda de Sanchez, an orange juice-based Mexican sangrita beverage.

[2] Mexicans named the cocktail vampiro ("vampire") because the Viuda de Sanchez juice mixer's red colour is reminiscent of blood.

[1] According to journalist Duncan Tucker, the vampiro originated in San Luis Soyatlán, Mexico, where it is traditionally sold in clear plastic bags with a straw.

He says he initially prepared it for his own consumption, but his customers quickly asked to make it for them, and the drink spread by word of mouth.