Cocktails with tequila are popular with fans of alcohol mixes with a moderate degree. Enjoy the exquisite taste of these drinks without visiting a bar or restaurant, cooking them at home. To do this, take care of the availability of the necessary components and fulfill the requirements of the selected recipe.
Cocktails with tequila at home
Alcoholic cocktails with tequila should not only be properly prepared from quality and natural ingredients, but also beautifully served. In addition, it is important to choose the right kind of alcohol base.
- Depending on the type of cocktail, it may require a tall cylindrical glass - highball, a vessel with a thick bottom - rox, a tall cocktail glass on a thin leg or a wide glass of margarita.
- You can not do with creating beverages without measuring capacity and shaker, instead of which you can use in some cases blender.
- Buying a basic alcohol component for a cocktail, you should consider its grade, which in certain recipes is very important. Silver tequila has a more delicate taste with light notes of citrus. Golden tequila is characterized by sweet citrus and vanilla with a woody note in tones, a tart aftertaste. There are recipes and with chocolate tequila, which has a taste that completely reflects the name of the drink.
- The use of certain drinks with tequila or alcohol in its pure form should accompany several unusual rituals, without which, as true connoisseurs of drinking consider, the necessary atmosphere of tasting is lost.
Tequila Sunrise cocktail - recipe
Studying cocktails with silver tequila, attention is attracted by a bright drink, reminiscent of the color of the sunrise and, as the Mexicans believe, for a long time giving vivacity, charging energy. To make it, you will need a tall highball glass, which must be filled with ice before filling with ingredients.
Ingredients:
- silver tequila - 45 ml;
- orange juice - 90 ml;
- Grenadine - 15 ml;
- ice cubes - 7 pieces;
- an orange slice.
Preparation
- Fill the high glass with ice.
- Pour the right amount of tequila.
- Add orange juice.
- A pomegranate syrup is poured into the center of the glass.
- Stir the ingredients with a cocktail spoon.
- Give a cocktail "Tequila Sunrise", adding a glass of an orange slice.
The recipe for the cocktail "Tequila Boom"
The easiest cocktail on the basis of tequila at home can be prepared according to the following recipe. The drink is prepared in just a few seconds, and is drunk even more quickly - with a volley, followed by tapping a glass on a wooden table, and in the original and with a loud exclamation: "Boom-boom-boom." A great option for a noisy youth party.
Ingredients:
- silver tequila - 50 ml;
- sprite - 100 ml.
Preparation
- Pour tequila into a glass with a thick bottom of the Rocks type.
- Add the sprite, cover the glass with a dense napkin or hand, hit the glass on the wooden table 3 times.
- Drink a cocktail "Tequila Boom" in one gulp.
Cocktail with Tequila and Cointreau
Cocktails with tequila, recipes of which include fruits, are especially revered by the female audience. One of these will be presented later. A beverage is prepared with the addition of kiwi pulp, which can be replaced, if desired, with strawberries, other berries or fruit with sourness. The drink is served in a wide glass, which is framed with a salt edge.
Ingredients:
- silver tequila - 45 ml;
- Cointreau - 30 ml;
- Midori - 30 ml;
- lemon juice - 30 ml;
- kiwi fruit - 2 pcs .;
- ice cubes, salt.
Preparation
- Dip the edge of the glass into the water, then into the salt.
- Clean kiwi, put into a blender, leaving a couple slices for filing.
- Add tequila, Cointreau, Midori and lemon juice.
- Lay the ice and whisk the ingredients to maximum uniformity.
- Like all cocktails with tequila, the drink is served immediately after preparation, adding a glass of kiwi slices on the skewer.
Cocktail with tequila "Margarita"
The following recipe will help to understand how to make a cocktail with tequila, which is very popular with a wide audience of fans of low-alcohol mixes. Drink "Margarita" in the classic version is prepared with the addition of orange liqueur and lime juice and is complemented when serving a slice of citrus.
Ingredients:
- silver tequila - 40 ml;
- orange liqueur - 20 ml;
- lime juice - 40 ml;
- ice - 150 g;
- salt.
Preparation
- In the shaker lay ice, pour tequila, orange liqueur and freshly squeezed lime juice.
- Intensively mix the ingredients and pour into a wide glass, the edges of which are dipped in water and lowered into salt.
- Decorate the glass with a lime slice and serve immediately.
Cocktail with chocolate tequila
Cocktails based on chocolate tequila are concise and, as a rule, consist of two, the maximum of three components, often with the addition of ice. Alcohol with the taste of chocolate is combined with lime, lemon or orange juice, getting an interesting, refined taste of the drink. The most popular men's drink is El Bandito, which is not recommended for use in large quantities.
Ingredients:
- chocolate tequila - 50 ml;
- dark beer - 300 ml.
Preparation
- Pour into a small glass of chocolate tequila, and a glass of cooled dark beer.
- Drink tequila and drink beer, enjoying a pleasant aftertaste.
Cocktail with Tabasco and Tequila
Simple cocktails with tequila, so-called shooters, drinking in one sip, especially revered male audience. One of these mixes is a drink prepared with Tabasco sauce, causing a storm of the most unpredictable emotions. If everything is done correctly, the cocktail will turn out to be incredibly spectacular and attractive in appearance.
Ingredients:
- tequila - 25 ml;
- Sambuca - 25 ml;
- Tabasco sauce - 5 drops.
Preparation
- Poured into the pile of Sambuca.
- On the cocktail spoon, gently lower the tequila with a second layer.
- Drip into the center of the glass 5 drops of sauce, which settles and stops at the border between the tequila and Sambuca.
Cocktail with tequila and whiskey
Like many other simple cocktails with tequila at home, an option with whiskey is prepared by mixing the ingredients in the recommended proportions. As a result, you get an interesting drink with a Mexican accent, which connoisseurs call the "Dream of Acapulco" and serve with slices of fresh pineapple.
Ingredients:
- tequila - 30 ml;
- whiskey - 10 ml;
- dark rum - 10 ml;
- pineapple juice - 100 ml;
- grapefruit juice - 40 ml;
- ice, pineapple slices.
Preparation
- Mix in the shaker freshly squeezed pineapple and grapefruit juice, whiskey, tequila and rum, shake carefully, pour into a glass with ice.
- Decorate the drink with slices of pineapple and serve, like all cocktails with tequila, immediately.
Cocktail with Xue-Xue and tequila
You can prepare cocktails with tequila at home, using liqueur Xu-Xu as escort to drink. And the proportions of the components can be varied in one direction or another, adding lemon juice to the ready mix until you get the perfect harmony in taste. Before serving, the glass is supplemented with a fresh strawberry berry or lemon slice.
Ingredients:
- gold tequila - 50 ml;
- liqueur Xu-Xu - 50 ml;
- lemon juice - 30 ml or to taste;
- ice, strawberry or lemon slice.
Preparation
- Combine the shaker liquor, tequila and lemon juice, shake.
- Serve similar cocktails with a golden tequila in glasses with a sugar edge. To do this, dip the edge of the container into the liqueur, and then into the sugar.
- Supplement the drink with ice, strawberries or lemon slices
Cocktail with tequila, liqueur and lime juice
Tequila-based cocktails perfectly blend with lime juice. The flavor-balancing component will be any sweet liquor, simple or more refined. Next is an unusual version of the drink under the original name "Monkey Tree", where the base component is a golden tequila with lime and mango juice .
Ingredients:
- gold tequila - 30 ml;
- liquor "Ram three" - 15 ml;
- liqueur "Cream de banana" - 15 ml;
- lime juice - 50 ml;
- mango juice - 50 ml;
- ice cubes;
- Grenadine and sugar for the decor of the glass.
Preparation
- The edge of the glass is dipped in the Grenadine, then into sugar.
- Mix in the tequila shaker, two kinds of liquor, lime juice and mango.
- Pour the drink into the glass.
- Like other cocktails with golden tequila, serve a drink with ice cubes.
Cocktail with absinthe and tequila
A prepared cocktail of tequila at home, the recipe of which will be presented later, will surprise with a stunning appearance and will please the final taste characteristics. The drink will be highly appreciated by the male audience for burning acuity and inexpressible sensations before and after tasting.
Ingredients:
- silver tequila - 20 ml;
- absinth - 20 ml;
- liquor "Triple Sec" - 20 ml;
- sauce of Tobasco - 5 ml.
Preparation
- Pour a liqueur into the pile.
- Gently lower the tequila on a bar spoonful.
- Add Tobosco wineglasses to the center, which should drop and lie down over the liquor.
- The latter are poured with absinthe, set on fire and served.