I don’t assume I’ve ever wanted an excuse to drink tequila,
However if you happen to’re on the lookout for one, the calendar has your again: Sunday is Nationwide Tequila Day.
To have a good time, we’ve rounded up eight tequila cocktail recipes that aren’t margaritas, The spirit is flexible and might function the muse for an array of cocktails.
There are different historically tequila-based cocktails, together with palomas, to contemplate together with recipes designed by mixologists and shared in cocktail books. And — on high of that — there are conventional favorites that may be altered to be tequila-based akin to espresso martiniswhich got here again in vogue with a fury final 12 months, however are normally made with vodka.
It doesn’t matter what you select, there are many choices to style take a look at.
Are beergaritas good?:Do that recipe and discover out for your self
Having a margarita?:Earlier than you sip, discover the cocktail’s mysterious origin
Paloma
A margarita is nice however the paloma is my hands-down favourite tequila cocktail. And it’s even higher frozen (one thing I discovered at New York Metropolis’s Playa Betty’s however haven’t but perfected at dwelling).
Love and Lemons posted a recipe for a paloma on the rocks and encourages at-home bartenders to “style and modify” proportions to their liking.
Components:
- 2 ounces tequila
- 2 ounces contemporary grapefruit juice, plus wedges for garnish
- 2 ounces glowing water
- .5 ounce lime juice
- .25 ounce agave nectar or easy syrup, or to style
- Coarse sea salt, for the rim of the glasses
- Ice
Directions:
Salt the rim of the glass by rubbing a grapefruit wedge across the edge and dipping it onto a small plate of salt.
Combine the tequila, grapefruit juice, glowing water, lime juice, and agave nectar into the glass. Fill the rest of the glass with ice. Modify sweetness to style. Garnish with grapefruit wedge.
Texas Ranch water
Southern Residing is asking Texas Ranch Water “your new favourite summer season cocktail.”
And it appears fairly easy to concoct with solely 4 substances — remember, Topo Chico is a “non-negotiable” right here, in accordance with Southern Residing. And for readability: This requires Topo Chico mineral water, not the Topo Chico exhausting seltzer,
Components:
- 3 ounces blanco tequila
- 1 ounces contemporary lime juice
- Topo Chico, chilled
- Contemporary lime wedge for garnish
Directions:
Fill a glass with ice. Add about three ounces (two photographs) of blanco tequila and about an oz. and a half (a shot) of contemporary lime juice. High with Topo Chico. Garnish with a contemporary lime wedge on the rim of the glass.
Espresso martini with tequila
Tequila model Patrón shared its recipe for the caffeinated cocktail on its web site,
Components:
- .75 ounce Patrón XO Cafe or coffee-infused tequila
- .75 ounce Patrón Silver or silver tequila
- .75 ounce Espresso shot
- Fantastic sugar
- Powdered chocolate
Directions:
Rim a martini glass with sugar. Mix coffee-infused tequila and silver tequilawith espresso in a mixing glass. Add ice; shake and pressure. Garnish with powdered chocolate.
Tequila dawn
I’m fairly positive this candy drink is acquainted to most individuals.
The tequila dawn is fruity and enjoyable — excellent for a summer season afternoon — or, I suppose, you possibly can enterprise this might function a brunch drink given it’s time-sensitive title.
Baking Magnificence shared a recipe for a tequila dawn and recommends utilizing a freshly squeezed OJ for style.
Components:
- 4 ounces orange juice
- 2 ounces tequila
- 1 ounce grenadine
- Ice cubes
- Orange slices and maraschino cherries (to garnish)
Directions:
Add ice cubes to a big glass. Pour in orange juice and tequila. Add grenadine. If desired garnish with orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
Tequila Negroni
Cecilia Rios Murrieta wrote “Tequila Made Me Do It” (isn’t that an amazing title?), a e-book of 60 tequila and mezcal cocktails. With so many recipes, there are many tequila cocktails to select from together with a tequila negroni.
Components:
- 1 ounce Campari
- 1 ounce blanco tequila
- 1 ounce candy vermouth
- Orange twist, to garnish
Directions:
Fill a relaxing double rocks glass with ice cubes. Add the Campari, tequila, and vermouth. Stir effectively. Garnish with a twist of orange peel to serve.
It’s All the time Sunny
Another choice from “Tequila Made Me Do it” is the “It’s All the time Sunny” cocktail that includes a mixture of flavors together with two citrus juices and ginger beer.
Components:
- 1.5 ounces Fortaleza reposado tequila
- .5 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- .5 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
- .5 ounce easy syrup
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- .5 ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
- ginger beer, to high up
- a twist of orange peel, to garnish
Directions:
First, chill a coupe glass by putting it within the freezer or filling it with ice cubes, tossing them out as soon as the glass is chilled. Add the tequila, lemon juice, orange juice, easy syrup, bitters, and Curaçao to a cocktail shaker full of ice and shake. Pressure into the chilled glass. High up with a splash of ginger beer and garnish with orange peel to serve.
Tequila Mule
The standard Moscow Mule could be made with tequila — and it takes lower than 5 minutes to craft this cocktail in accordance with Crowded Kitchenwhich shared a how-to for the tequila-based mule on its web site.
Components:
- 1.5 ounces tequila
- .5 ounce orange liqueur
- .5 ounce lime juice
- .5 ounce agave
Directions:
Begin by filling a cocktail shaker midway with ice. Pour in tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and agave. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds, then pour right into a copper mug or cocktail glass full of crushed ice.
Mexi-Politan
Tequila Cazadores additionally shared a tequila cocktail with USA TODAY: A tackle the cosmopolitan crafted by its international model ambassador, Manny Hinojosa,
Components:
- 1.5 ounces Tequila Cazadores Blanco or blanco tequila
- .75 ounce Patron Citronge – Orange Liqueur
- , 75 ounce contemporary Lime Juice
- 2 ounces do-it-yourself hibiscus flower tea (to be made by including 1cup of dried hibiscus to three cups of water and boiling for a couple of minutes earlier than cooling)
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker mix all of the substances with ice, shake and serve in a relaxing cocktail glass. Garnish with orange slice.
Make it non-alcoholic
The The non-alcoholic beverage business is rising and there are NA tequila choices in the marketplace, if you happen to’re not excited about ingesting, need to alternate between NA and alcoholic or are sober-curious.
If you wish to make your cocktail NA, swap in a tequila substitute akin to Ish Spirits Non-alcoholic Tequila, Ritual Zero Proof Tequila or Clear T by the Clear Co.
