Tequila Sunrise (cocktail)

The Tequila Sunrise ( Sunrise ) is a fruity, sweet cocktail of tequila, orange juice, lemon juice and grenadine. It owes its name to the characteristic color gradation from yellow- orange (top) through orange to orange-red (below ), since the Grenadine is given until the end in the glass and falls through the ice down. On the lemon juice is sometimes omitted. The drink is one of the long drinks and is prepared and served in a highball glass over ice.

History

In the 1920s, the cocktails Tequila Daisy Tequila Sunrise and were mixed in the bar of the racecourse of the Mexican town of Agua Caliente ( Tijuana). The Sunrise consisted of tequila, ( lemons) lemonade, grenadine, creme de cassis and soda water. Agua Caliente is located near the border with California, and was at the time of Prohibition in the United States is a popular destination for Americans. After the end of Prohibition in 1933, the drink in the U.S. could spread, but was waived on the Cassis liqueur hard to find, and the less experienced bartender replaced the homemade lemonade with orange juice. The bar of the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix (Arizona ), however, claims for itself claim that the bartender Gene Sulit had invented the drink in the late 1930s or early 1940s there. Also this Biltmore Tequila Sunrise recorded crème de cassis as an ingredient and continue tequila, fresh lime juice and soda water.

Variants

With a new base spirit is from a Tequila Sunrise Caribbean Sunrise ( with rum ), a vodka sunrise, a Southern Sunrise ( with Southern Comfort ) or a Malibu Sunrise ( with Malibu ). A Batida Batida de Coco Sunrise consists of juice, pineapple juice and cherry liqueur.