Tequila Sunrise

Ingredients

45 ml Tequila
15 ml Grenadine syrup
90 ml Orange juice
1 Cherry - for garnish
1 Orange slice - for garnish

oz ml cl

Glass: Highball

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Instructions

Build the ingredients (except the Grenadine syrup) into the chilled Highball glass. Stir gently. Add the Grenadine syrup. Garnish with the Cherry, and the Orange slice.

Notes

Tequila Sunrise is an official IBA cocktail.

The signature look of the drink depends on adding the syrup without mixing with the other ingredients. A spoon may be used to guide the syrup down the glass wall to the bottom of the glass with minimal mixing.

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Tequila Sunrise origin story

Created by: Bobby Lozoff
Created at: The Trident
Country: United States
Decade: 1970s

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Nutrition Facts

	Calories	Total Fat	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Protein
Tequila	96	0	0.4	0	0	0
Grenadine syrup	?	?	?	?	?	?
Orange juice	40.5	0.2	0.9	9.4	7.6	0.6
Total	136.5	0.2	1.3	9.4	7.6	0.6

About the ingredients

Tequila: Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (Los Altos de Jalisco) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco. The red volcanic soils in the region of Tequila are well suited for growing the blue agave, and more than 300 million of the plants are harvested there each year. Agave grows differently depending on the region. Blue agaves grown in the highlands Los Altos region are larger and sweeter in aroma and taste. Agaves harvested in the valley region have a more herbaceous fragrance and flavor. Due to its historical and cultural importance, the region near Tequila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, the Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila.
Cherry: A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus. The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in "ornamental cherry" or "cherry blossom". Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles.
Grenadine syrup: Grenadine is a commonly used nonalcoholic bar syrup characterized by its deep red color. It is a popular cocktail ingredient renowned for its flavor as well as ability to give a reddish or pink tint to mixed drinks and is traditionally made from pomegranate.