Tequila Sunrise
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Highball glass, 12–14 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
tequila
highball
built
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- 4 oz orange juice
- 0.5 oz grenadine
- Orange slice and cherry, for garnish
Instructions
Build tequila and orange juice over ice, then sink grenadine.
Behind the drink
A little history
1930s / 1970s
Arizona / California
An earlier Arizona Biltmore version used tequila, lime, crème de cassis, and soda. The familiar orange-juice-and-grenadine drink emerged at the Trident in Sausalito in the early 1970s.
Tequila Sunrise history