| It was once a ritual usually performed by a man. | | | | 2-oz of ice-cold tequila |
| He would put some salt where the bottom of the | | | | 4-oz orange juice |
| thumb met his wrist. After licking the salt, he | | | | 1-oz grenadine |
| would take a swig of tequila from a shot glass | | | | Pour orange juice into a highball glass and then |
| and then bite into a piece of lime. Ladies were not | | | | pour the |
| too fond of this and always drank their tequila | | | | Ice-cold tequila slowly tilting the glass to get a |
| mixed into a cocktail. Tequila is listed as a spirit | | | | layered effect.Trickle the grenadine on top to get |
| and distilled from the sugar sap of the blue agave | | | | a perfect sunrise .Garnish a cocktail stirrer with an |
| plant then fermenting it and producing a liquor with | | | | orange slice and a maraschino cherry. |
| a distinctive taste. Tequila was sold exclusively in | | | | A tequila sour mimics a whiskey sour using an |
| Mexico until the nineteen-nineties when sipping it | | | | Afeijo, or agedtequila for a better taste. |
| became trendy in the Southwestern region of the | | | | Tequila Sour |
| United States. The price of tequila varies from the | | | | 1-1/2 oz. tequila |
| modest to the more expensive depending upon | | | | 2-oz. lemon juice |
| the quality of the producer. Now with the | | | | 1-tsp. sugar |
| demands of authenticity, the premium brands are | | | | Blend ingredients with crushed ice and strain into a |
| truly appreciated world-wide. | | | | sour glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry. |
| Traditionally, tequila has always been served in a | | | | After a workday, happy hour is a way of winding |
| two-ounce glass, or caballito at room temperature | | | | down in the larger cities of Texas.Everyone heads |
| or enjoyed ice cold with some bottled lime juice | | | | to their favorite Mexican restaurant and orders |
| added or just a squeeze of the lime itself. A | | | | either a blended frozen margarita or one that has |
| famous glass company in Austria introduced a six | | | | been classically prepared in a cocktail shaker. |
| andthree-fourth ounce glass for sipping tequila that | | | | Classic Margarita |
| fully allows the taste of it to be fully appreciated | | | | 2-oz. Tequila |
| by the glass's shape. | | | | 1-oz Triple Sec |
| The distillers of tequila have to follow strict | | | | ½ oz. Mexican lime juice |
| guidelines set by the Mexican government and be | | | | Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with |
| bottled at the distillery in the Tequila region of | | | | ice that might be in cubes, coarsely chopped, or |
| Mexico. There are two general categories and | | | | finely crushed. Rim a glass with salt by rubbing the |
| four types of tequila. Blanco, or silver is clear and | | | | rim of a margarita or a martini glass with a slice |
| transparent and has a stronger flavor. Oro, or | | | | of lime and then pressing the glass lightly on a |
| Gold has added colorants and flavorings producing | | | | plate filled with a fine salt. |
| a caramel color with a mellow flavor. Reposado, | | | | For the home bartender, a frozen margarita is |
| or rested in oak casts from two months up to | | | | blended and then poured into frosty margarita or |
| one year. It has a mellower taste that is gentler | | | | martini glasses that have been rinsed out with |
| to the palate. Afiejo, or aged is a blanco, a clear | | | | cold water and put into the freezer. |
| tequila kept in white oak casts for more than a | | | | Frozen Margarita |
| year. Reserve is a special | | | | Into a five cup blender: |
| Afiejo, aged tequila kept in oak casts for up to | | | | 4-cups of ice from a bag of commercial ice cubes |
| eight years. It is priced much higher than the | | | | 2-oz tequila |
| premium brands. | | | | 1-oz. Grand Marnier |
| The drink recipes below are from for more of an | | | | 1-oz Cointreau |
| authentic taste. | | | | 2-oz. bottled lime juice |
| A tequila sunrise is a great way to start a | | | | 4-cups of a commercially prepared liquid margarita |
| weekend morning while eating a breakfast taco | | | | mix |
| and imagining the sun as it rises over Acapulco | | | | Directions: Blend all of the ingredients then pour |
| Bay. Note: For a non-alcoholic version, a favorite | | | | into a frostymargarita or a martini glass and |
| brand of sparkling mineral water is substituted. | | | | garnish with the lime slice thathas been twisted |
| Tequila Sunrise | | | | into an S shape. |