Tequila Sunrise
ClassicIBA OfficialTequila, orange, and a grenadine sunrise.
Sweet and tangy, with fresh orange juice leading and blanco tequila's agave warmth threading through. A pour of grenadine settles at the bottom, lending pomegranate sweetness that grows as you drink down through the gradient. Bright, fruity, and forgiving — a drink that looks as good as it tastes.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Blanco Tequila
- 4 oz Fresh Orange Juice
- 0.5 oz Grenadine
- Orange slice · optional garnish
- Maraschino cherry · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2
Add the tequila and orange juice and stir.
- 3
Slowly pour the grenadine down the inside of the glass so it sinks and rises through the drink.
- 4
Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry — do not stir the gradient.
The Story
The modern Tequila Sunrise was mixed in the early 1970s at the Trident in Sausalito, and it got its big break when the Rolling Stones adopted it as the unofficial drink of their 1972 American tour — Mick Jagger reportedly couldn't get enough. The grenadine sinking through orange juice really does look like a desert dawn, and that theater is half the point. Fruity, easy, and pure sunshine.
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