Tequila Sunrise

Name: Tequila Sunrise
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 45 ml Tequila; 90 ml Fresh orange juice; 15 ml Grenadine

Tequila and orange juice over ice with grenadine poured in to sink, creating the sunrise effect.

Recipe card

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Makes 1 drink · about 2 min to make

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Pour the tequila and orange juice directly into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
Add the grenadine to create the 'sunrise' effect. Do not stir.
Garnish with half an orange slice or an orange zest.

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

Pour the grenadine last and don't stir: it sinks through the orange juice and gives the gradient that names the drink.

The modern drink originates from Sausalito, California, in the early 1970s, after an earlier version created in the 1930s in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tags: layered orange long drink

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