Tequila Sunrise - the Sunrise of East Coast

California finest

 Once this cocktail was made with tequila, crème de cassis, lime juice and soda. The recipe was inveted by Gene Suilt and it was mainly served in Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Then the cocktail was reinvented by Bobby Lazoff and Billy Rice, who were working as bartenders at the Trident in Sausalito, California. Their modification is the popular cocktail we drink today.

 The initial mix was done during private party at the Trident, organized by Bill Graham, to promote the Rolling Stones'. In which Mick Jagger had one of the first Tequila Sunrises made with the new recipe. He and his circle started to bottom-up this, they took the recipe and they drunk it everywhere they went on their 'cocaine tour'. This way they quickly popularized the mixed drink.

 The concrete was laid down after they printed the cocktail recipe on the back of tequila bottles. Even more, they hired a group to record a song dedicated on the mixed drink. Its name comes straight from its look. But as long as there are 2 classic recipes, there will be competition. Which of two is better, the initial recipe or the official?

Recipe of Tequila Sunrise

1 and 1/2 oz - Tequila
3 oz - Orange Juice
1/2 oz - Grenadine


Mixing the ingredients

Fill with ice highball glass and leave aside. Squeeze some fresh orange juice into shaker and add tequila. Shake well with ice and pour over the ice in the highball glass. This was the easy part. Now take the bar-spoon and guide the syrup to the inner glass wall. This way it will fall on the bottom, without mixing. Because the grenadine heighs more than the mixture of the shaker. Thanks to this, we did cocktail that looks like sunrise. Garnish with orange piece and mint leaves. It's time to taste the sunrise.