Tequila Sunrise Cocktail
- Weak
- citrus
A citrus, light cocktail, built in the glass, served in a collins glass.
Serve in: collins glass
Ingredients
- 1.5 oztequila
- 4 ozorange juice
- 0.5 ozgrenadine
- 1maraschino cherryoptional
- 1slices of orangeoptional
- Crushed iceoptional
How to Make a Tequila Sunrise
Instructions
- Fill serving glass with crushed ice.
- Pour in tequila, then the orange juice.
- Add grenadine, pouring it down the back of a spoon.
Garnish
Decorate with cherry or orange slice.
Tips & substitutions
- No tequila? Try gin or white rum.
The glass
Serve this one in a collins glass. A collins glass is a glass tumbler which typically is used to serve mixed drinks, especially Tom Collins or John Collins cocktails. It is cylindrical in shape and narrower and taller than a highball glass.
Did you know
This is a popular modern version created by Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice in the early 1970s while working as young bartenders at the Trident in Sausalito, San Francisco. In 1972, at a private party at the Trident organized by Bill Graham to kick off the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour in America, Mick Jagger had one of the cocktails, liked it, and he and his entourage started drinking them. They later ordered them all across America, even dubbing the tour itself their cocaine and tequila sunrise tour.
