Tequila Recipes

Tequila cocktails at home

Start with a lime, a bottle of blanco and four recipes worth learning by heart.

Find a cocktail

Four tequila classics

Pick a drink by flavor. Each recipe makes one cocktail and uses measurements in US fluid ounces.

Tart and bright

Classic Margarita

1 cocktail Rocks glass

Ingredients

  • 2 oz blanco tequila
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • ¾ oz orange liqueur
  • ½ oz agave syrup, optional
  • Lime wedge and coarse salt

Method

Run a lime wedge around half the glass rim and dip it in salt. Shake the tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur and agave (if using) with ice. Strain over fresh ice and garnish with lime.

Grapefruit and fizz

Paloma

1 cocktail Highball

Ingredients

  • 2 oz blanco tequila
  • ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • 4 oz grapefruit soda
  • Grapefruit wedge
  • Coarse salt, optional

Method

Fill a highball with ice. Add the tequila and lime juice, then top with grapefruit soda. Stir once or twice and garnish with grapefruit.

Light and crisp

Ranch Water

1 cocktail Highball

Ingredients

  • 2 oz blanco tequila
  • ¾ oz fresh lime juice
  • 4 oz chilled sparkling mineral water
  • Lime wheel

Method

Fill a tall glass with ice and add the tequila and lime juice. Top with mineral water, stir gently and finish with a lime wheel.

Fruity and layered

Tequila Sunrise

1 cocktail Highball

Ingredients

  • 2 oz blanco tequila
  • 4 oz orange juice
  • ½ oz grenadine
  • Orange slice

Method

Pour the tequila and orange juice into an ice-filled glass and stir. Slowly add the grenadine down the side of the glass so it sinks. Garnish with orange and serve without stirring again.

Bar basics

Start with blanco
Blanco brings a fresh agave flavor that works with citrus and sparkling mixers.
Squeeze the lime to order
Cut and squeeze just before mixing for a brighter drink.
Shake citrus, stir bubbles
Shake a Margarita with ice. For a Paloma or Ranch Water, add the carbonated mixer last and stir gently.