MEXICANA
An old standby
2 ounces gold tequila
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce fresh sour mix
1 teaspoon grenadine
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
MEXICAN
BANDIT
May steal your heart—and head
1 ounce gold tequila
1 ounce Myers’s rum
1 ounce sambuca
Lime slice for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
MEXICAN
DOCTOR
Will fix you right up
2 ounces gold tequila
1 teaspoon grenadine
2 dashes Fee Brothers lime bitters
Splash of Sprite or 7UP
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Pour tequila and grenadine into ice-filled rocks glass. Add bitters and soft drink, and garnish.
MEXICAN
EGG
CREAM
Mexico meets Brooklyn.
2 ounces 1921 Tequila Cream
1 ounce white crème de cacao
Club soda
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda to taste and stir.
MEXICAN
HOLIDAY
Enjoy on Cinco de Mayo
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce Harvey’s Bristol Cream sherry
Pour tequila and sherry into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
MEXICAN
$TINGER
With Cognac and mint
2 ounces Silver Patrón tequila
½ ounce Remy Martin VSOP Cognac
1 splash white crème de menthe
Lemon twist for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
MEZCAL
HIGHBALL
Tequila’s agave relative, on ice
2 ounces Monte Alban mezcal
Juice of half a lime
Club soda
Lime wedge for garnish
Pour mezcal and juice into ice-filled highball glass and stir. Top with club soda to taste and garnish.
MEZCAL
MARTINI
A taste of Old Mexico
3 ounces mezcal
1 ounce sweet vermouth
3 jalapeño-stuffed olives for garnish
Combine mezcal and vermouth in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
MIND
ERASER
Silver Patrón only, por favor. To sugar the lime slice you’ll perch on the rim of the glass, spread a teaspoon of granulated sugar on a saucer and press slice into it on both sides.
2½ ounces Silver Patrón tequila
1½ ounces fresh lime juice
½ teaspoon superfine sugar
Crushed ice
Sugared lime slice for garnish
Combine tequila, juice, and sugar in mixing glass. Shake, strain into glass filled with crushed ice, and garnish.
MONTEREY
SUNSET
Beautiful scene, beautiful drink
2 ounces gold tequila
½ ounce crème de cassis
Club soda
Lemon slice for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda to taste and garnish.
MUSIC TREE
Feel the beat.
2 ounces gold tequila
1 ounce blue curaçao
Pineapple juice
Lemon twist for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish.
NEW YORK
SKYLINE
Mexico comes to Gotham.
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ounce cranberry juice
½ ounce lime juice
1 ounce club soda
Lime slice for garnish
Pour tequila and juices into ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda and garnish.
PEACH
MARGARITA
Peachy keen
1½ ounces tequila
½ ounce peach schnapps
½ ounce Cointreau
1 splash Rose’s lime juice
Fresh peach wedge for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
RAINDROP
RAINDROP
Flavored with sambuca
2 ounces Sauza silver tequila
1 ounce sambuca
3 coffee beans for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
RASPBERRY
MARGARITA
Sans seeds
1½ ounces gold tequila
½ ounce framboise
½ ounce Cointreau
1 splash Rose’s lime juice
Raspberry for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
RED APPLE
With sour apple schnapps and a little black raspberry
1 ounce tequila
1 ounce sour apple schnapps
½ ounce Chambord
Apple slice for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
ROSITA
Pretty as a red rose
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce Campari
½ ounce Cointreau
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
RUSTY
STAKE
Nail, schmail
1½ ounces gold tequila
1½ ounces Drambuie
Lemon twist for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
SLOE
TEQUILA
Follow up with a siesta?
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce sloe gin
½ ounce fresh sour mix
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
SOUTH
OF THE
BORDER
Another coffee-flavored favorite
2 ounces gold tequila
¾ ounce Tia Maria
½ ounce fresh sour mix
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
SPANISH
IMPRESSIONIST
A palette of golden browns
Impressionist 2 ounces gold tequila
½ ounce Tio Pepe sherry
Pour tequila and sherry into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
SPRING
BREAK
A toast to Acapulco-bound college students
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce tangerine juice
Pour ingredients into ice-filled highball glass and stir.
STIFF PEAR
Tequila with a pear eau-de-vie
2 ounces gold tequila
1 ounce Poire William
Combine tequila and eau-de-vie in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
STRAWBERRY
MARGARITA
To freeze or not to freeze?
1½ ounces tequila
½ ounce strawberry schnapps
½ ounce Cointreau
1 splash Rose’s lime juice
Strawberry for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
STRAWBERRY
WHIP
The secret’s in the schnapps.
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce triple sec
1 ounce strawberry schnapps
Strawberry for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
TEN HIGH
Deserves a double high-five from vanilla lovers
2 ounces gold tequila
1 ounce Tuaca
Lime twist for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
TEQUILA AND
PIMM’S
A jolly good cup
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ounce Pimm’s No. 1
Lemon wedge for garnish
Pour tequila and Pimm’s into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
TEQUILA AND
TONIC
A no-nonsense tipple for tequila lovers
2 ounces tequila
Tonic water
Lime slice for garnish
Pour tequila into ice-filled rocks glass. Top with tonic to taste and garnish.
TEQUILA
ANGEL
With silver wings
2 ounces Patrón Silver
1 ounce white crème de cacao
Lemon slice for garnish
Combine tequila and liqueur in ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish.
TEQUILA
APRICOT
COOLER
Fizzy refreshment
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce apricot brandy
Club soda
Fresh apricot half for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda to taste and garnish.
TEQUILA
AZUL
Viva el blueberry!
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ounce blueberry puree
½ ounce blue curaçao
1 to 3 fresh blueberries for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
TEQUILA
CANYON
TEQUILA
CANYON
With colorful layers of fruit juice
1½ ounces silver tequila
¼ ounce triple sec
4 ounces cranberry juice
½ ounce orange juice
½ ounce pineapple juice
Lime peel spiral for garnish
Pour tequila, liqueur, and cranberry juice into ice-filled highball glass. Top with orange juice, then with pineapple juice, and garnish. Serve with a straw.
TEQUILA
CLOUDS
With a silver lining, of course
1½ ounces silver tequila
½ ounce white crème de menthe
Sprite or 7UP
Lemon twist for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled highball glass. Top with soft drink to taste and garnish.
TEQUILA
COLLINS
Tom heads southwest.
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce fresh sour mix
Club soda
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Orange slice for garnish
Combine tequila and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with club soda to taste and garnish.
TEQUILA
GIMLET
With a touch of lime
1½ ounces tequila
½ ounce Rose’s lime juice
Lime slice for garnish
Pour tequila and juice into ice-filled rocks glass, stir, and garnish.
TEQUILA
GREYHOUND
Tequila subs for vodka in this Latino version of an old favorite.
2 ounces tequila
Grapefruit juice
Pour tequila into ice-filled rocks glass. Top with juice to taste and stir.
TEQUILA
MANHATTAN
Tequila replaces rye whiskey.
2½ ounces gold tequila
1 ounce sweet vermouth
Lime peel spiral for garnish
Combine tequila and vermouth in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.
TEQUILA
MOCKINGBIRD
Tweet away.
2 ounces silver tequila
½ ounce green crème de menthe
Juice of one lime
Lime slice for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.
TEQUILA
OLD-
FASHIONED
The classic cocktail redefined
½ teaspoon superfine sugar
1 orange slice, peeled
1 maraschino cherry
1 dash bitters of choice
2 ounces gold tequila
1 splash still water
Muddle sugar, orange, cherry, and bitters in bottom of rocks glass. Add ice, pour in tequila, and top with water.
TEQUILA
PRES
Tequila lite
2 ounces tequila
Ginger ale
Club soda
Lime twist for garnish
Pour tequila into ice-filled highball glass, top with equal parts ginger ale and club soda to taste, and garnish.
TEQUILA
SCREWDRIVER
Way more potent than its vodka cousin
2 ounces tequila
4 ounces orange juice
Orange slice for garnish
Combine tequila and juice in ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
TEQUILA
SOUR
Serve straight up or on ice.
2 ounces tequila
3 ounces fresh sour mix
Lime slice for garnish
Combine tequila and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into sour glass or pour with ice into rocks glass, and garnish.
TEQUILA
SUNRISE
Immortalized in song by the Eagles
2 ounces silver tequila
½ ounce grenadine
3 ounces orange juice
Combine ingredients in ice-filled highball glass and stir.
TEQUILA
SUNSET
A pleasant end to the day
2½ ounces silver tequila
½ ounce Rose’s lime juice
½ ounce Chambord
Lime slice for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in ice-filled rocks glass, stir, and garnish.
TEQUILA
VERDE
Minty fresh
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ounce green crème de menthe
Mint sprig for garnish
Combine tequila and liqueur in ice-filled rocks glass, stir, and garnish.
Unlike tequila, which is made from blue agave, the rougher-edged mezcal (which as a rule comes with a worm in the bottle) is produced from several different agave species. To see how mezcal compares in a cocktail to the real thing, prepare the Mezcal Martini then mix the same drink using tequila. Sip one, then the other, as a taste test—and then pray you don’t end up under the table.
VERA
CRUZ
A salute to Mexico’s intriguing southern state
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce white crème de menthe
1 splash club soda
Mint sprig for garnish
Pour tequila and liqueur into ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda and garnish.
WONKY
DONKEY
Steady there, boy.
1½ ounces tequila
1½ ounces Mount Gay rum
Lime slice for garnish
Pour tequila and rum into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.