Tequila Sunrise

Try this quick and easy fruity tequila sunrise recipe! You need 3 ingredients and less than a minute to make this no-fuss layered cocktail. No special skills or equipment required!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings drink

Calories 253kcal

Author John Kanell

Equipment

Cocktail glass
Stirrer

Ingredients

2 ounces tequila (60ml)
4 ounces orange juice (120ml)
¾ ounce grenadine syrup
Orange slices to garnish
Maraschino cherry to garnish

Instructions

In a highball glass filled with ice, add the tequila and orange juice. Stir until combined.
Slowly pour the grenadine down the side of the glass so that it sinks to the bottom. (Do not stir.) Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.

Notes

Make it more tart. You can add 1/2 ounce of lime juice with the orange juice and tequila for a more tart cocktail.
Use a highball glass. A tall glass really shows off the layers and colors.
Play around with a different juice. You can swap the orange juice out for pineapple juice or grapefruit juice for a fun twist. No, it won't be a classic tequila sunrise recipe, but it will still be delicious with bright citrus flavors!
Add seltzer water. You can top the drink off with soda water for a slightly bubbly cocktail that mellows the sweetness of the grenadine.
Don't stir it! This is a layered drink, and stirring it once you add the grenadine will give you a pretty but monochromatic pink drink.
Chill your ingredients. To keep the cocktail from watering down too quickly from fast-melting ice, chill all of the ingredients first so the ice doesn't melt as much to bring down the cocktail's temperature.

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