12 Tequila cocktails to help you welcome the sunrise

Today we continue our deep dive into the art of mixing drinks. Because it really is an art form. The good news is anyone can learn how to make wonderfully tasty and fresh drinks. All you need is an ice shaker and a few recipes and you will be the hostess with the mostest, for sure. After we showed you how ti mix cocktails with rum, gin, vodka and whiskey, today we are going to talk about another very popular type of alcohol. This alcohol is often connected to wild nights, shots and lots of good time. However, when mixed properly, it becomes a fresh, delicious drink you can enjoy all night long. That is why, in this article we have gathered 12 tequila cocktails which are going to help you welcome the sunrise, instead of sleeping it off.

You can find the recipes for some of these classics in this article

We just have to start with everyone’s favorite margarita

Classic tequila cocktails – Margarita recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz tequila
• 1 oz Cointreau
• 3/4 oz lime juice
• salt
• ice
• lime wedge

Instructions:

1. Run the lime wedge around the rim of a glass and dip into a plate, filled with salt.
2. Fill a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes and add the tequila, Cointreau and lime juice. Shake vigorously.
3. Strain into the glass and fill with ice.

Source: A Couple Cooks

Ready for another classic recipe with a twist?

Tequila sour recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 2 tsp simple syrup
• 2 dashes bitters
• 1 egg white
• lime wedge
• cocktail cherry

Instructions:

1. In a cocktail shaker shake the tequila, lemon juice, bitters, lime juice and egg white.
2. Add ice and shake for additional 30 seconds.
3. Strain into a glass and let sit for a bit until foam collects at the top.
4. Garnish with a cocktail cherry and lime wedge.

Source: A Couple Cooks

The classics just keep on coming

Ready for more classic tequila cocktails? Here’s a Paloma recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 2 oz grapefruit juice
• grapefruit wedges
• 2 oz sparkling water
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• salt
• ice

Instructions:

1. Run the grapefruit wedge around the rim of a glass and dip into a plate, filled with salt.
2. In the glass mix the tequila, sparkling water, grapefruit juice, lime juice and simple syrup together.
3. Fill the glass with ice and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

Source: Love & Lemons

Ready for another version of this classic cocktail

Peach Paloma recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 4 oz peach juice
• 3 oz grapefruit soda
• lime wedges
• spicy salt
• peach slices

Instructions:

1. Run the lime wedge on the rim of a glass and dip into a plate, filled with spicy salt.
2. Add the tequila and peach juice into the ice and stir well.
3. Fill the glass with ice and add the grapefruit juice.
4. Garnish with peach slices and lime wedges.

Source: Sweet Life Bake

Now it is time for a recipe for an infamous cocktail

Tequila sunrise recipe

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz tequila
• 3 oz orange juice
• 0.5 oz grenadine syrup
• orange slices
• maraschino cherry

Instructions:

1. Mix the tequila and orange juice in a tall glass.
2. Fill with ice and pour the grenadine on the side of the glass over the back of a spoon without mixing.
3. Garnish with the maraschino cherry and orange slices.

Source: Recipe Tin Eats

Classic whiskey cocktail with a tequila twist

Old fashioned with tequila recipe

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz tequila
• 1 tsp simple syrup
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• orange peel

Instructions:

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the tequila, simple syrup and aromatic bitters. Shake well.
2. Strain into a glass with a few ice cubes.
3. Garnish with the orange peel.

Source: Don Julio

Now it is time to try something a bit harder

Watermelon tequila cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 8 cups diced seedless watermelon
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 3/4 cups fresh blueberries
• 3/4 cup min leaves
• 8 min sprigs
• 1 1/4 cups tequila
• ice

Instructions:

1. Bring water to a simmer in a saucepan, add the sugar and stir until fully dissolved. Let cool.
2. Puree the watermelon in a blender and strain the watermelon juice into a bowl. Discard the pulp.
3. In a pitcher mix the sugar syrup, lime juice, blueberries and mint leaves. Lightly muddle the blueberries and mint on the bottom.
4. Add the tequila and watermelon juice.
5. Pour into glasses filled with ice and garnish with watermelon wedges and mint sprigs.

Source: Recipe Girl

More fruity drinks coming your way

Ruby red cocktail recipe

Ingredients:

• 8 oz tequila
• 3 cups ruby red grapefruit juice
• 4 tsp lime juice

Instructions:

1. Mix the tequila, lime juice and grapefruit juice in a large pitcher.
2. Fill four glasses with ice and pour in the cocktail.

Source: Martha Stewart

Here are some more ideas for delicious and easy cocktails

Do you like strawberries

Strawberry tequila cocktail recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 oz tequila
• 3/4 oz elderflower liqueur
• 3/4 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 2 strawberries
• 2 cucumber slices

Instructions:

1. Muddle the strawberries and cucumber slices on the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
2. Add the tequila, elderflower liquer, lime juice and simple syrup. Fill with ice and shake vigorously.
3. Double strain into a glass and garnish with a strawberry slice.

Source: Kitchen Swagger

Something fresh, perfect for summer

Tequila Wallbanger cocktail recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1/2 oz Galliano
• 4 oz grapefruit juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• splash of soda
• lime wedge

Instructions:

1. Fill a glass with ice halfway.
2. Add the tequila, Galliano, orange bitters and grapefruit juice. Stir well.
3. Top off with the soda and garnish with a lime wedge.

Source: Lila Ruth Grain Free

Now it is time for something spicy

Chili coconut tequila cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz tequila
• 1 oz strawberry syrup
• 1/2 oz chili infused aquafaba (water from chickpea can)
• 1 oz coconut water
• 1 oz lime juice
• mint

Instructions:

1. Add the tequila, strawberry syrup, coconut water, lime juice and aquafaba into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake for around a minute.
2. Double strain into a glass and garnish with mint.

Source: Feed Feed

And the last fruity drink of the day

Pomegranate tequila cocktail recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp smoked sea salt
• 1 tbsp granulated sugar
• ice
• lime wedges
• 30ml tequila
• 20ml lime juice
• 20ml mezcal
• 60ml soda water
• 1 tbsp pomegranate simple syrup

Instructions:

1. In a plate mix the smoked salt and sugar.
2. Run a lime wedge over the rim of a glass and dip into the salt and sugar mixture.
3. To a cocktail shaker add ice, tequila, lime juice and mezcal. Shake vigorously.
4. Strain into a glass filled with ice and top with soda water.
5. Slowly drizzle the pomegranate simple syrup and garnish with a lime wedge.

Source: All Recipes

Here’s even more cocktail ideas you can try

Who doesn’t love a good cocktail?

Fruity cocktails are just the best, aren’t they?

The classic tequila shots are not to be overlooked though