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The 5 Easiest TEQUILA Cocktails

The 5 Easiest TEQUILA Cocktails

Cocktail Chemistry
Basic Cocktails

Here are five delicious and dead simple cocktails where the ONLY alcoholic ingredient you need is tequila. If you have mezcal, you can swap that in as well. The other ingredients are things you can find in your pantry or a quick trip to the market.

EQUIPMENT

  1. Cocktail set (includes Boston shaker, jigger, bar spoon, hawthorne strainer, fine mesh strainer, julep strainer, muddler, cocktail picks)

  2. Angled measuring jigger

  3. Coupe glass

  4. Rocks glass

  5. Collins glass

  6. Herb keeper

  7. Spoon straw

  8. Vitamix blender

  9. Nut milk bag

Tommy’s Margarita

  • 2 oz (60ml) blanco tequila

  • 1 oz (30ml) fresh lime juice

  • 1/2 oz (15ml) agave nectar

  1. Rim a glass with chili salt or Tajin (optional)

  2. Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin with ice

  3. Shake and then double strain over a rocks glass with ice

Paloma

  • 2oz (60ml) of blanco tequila

  • .75oz (22.5ml) of fresh lime juice 

  • 1oz (30ml) of fresh grapefruit juice

  • .5oz (15ml) simple syrup

  • 1oz (30ml) chilled club soda 

  • Lime wedge

  1. Rub lime around rim of a collins glass and dab in salt (optional)

  2. Add tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and simple syrup to a shaker tin

  3. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds

  4. Double strain into collins glass with ice

  5. Top with club soda and stir

  6. Garnish with lime wedge

Oaxaca old fashioned

  • 1.5oz (45ml) reposado tequila

  • .5oz (15ml) mezcal

  • 2 dashes of Angostura bitters

  • 1 barspoon agave nectar

  • Orange twist

  1. Add a large ice cube to a rocks glass

  2. Add in all liquid ingredients and stir to chill

  3. Light a match and express the oils of the orange peel over the flame into the glass

  4. Drop in the orange peel

Spicy Flamingo

  • 2oz (60ml) tequila

  • 1oz (30ml) watermelon juice

  • .75oz (22ml) fresh lime juice

  • .5oz (15ml) agave nectar

  • Chili salt

  1. Add all liquid ingredients to a shaker tin with ice

  2. Double strain into a rocks glass with a big rock

  3. Garnish with chili salt over the top

Tequila Thai-napple

  • 2oz (60ml) tequila

  • .5oz (15ml) pineapple juice

  • .5oz (15ml) lime juice

  • .5oz (15ml) simple syrup

  • 5 thai basil leaves

    1. Muddle 4 Thai basil leaves into pineapple juice

    2. Add rest of liquid ingredients and shake with ice for 15 seconds

    3. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass

    4. Garnish with another Thai basil leaf

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