| | | | | the edge of the glass. |
| Straight or Mixed | | | | The Sunrise |
| Tequila is made in two forms, those light and gold, | | | | Still one more popular tequila cocktail is the tequila |
| with the light tequila being clear and the gold having a | | | | sunrise. This drink combines a shot of tequila, some |
| distinct golden color and richer slightly smokey flavor. | | | | orange juice, and grenadine syrup and is served in a |
| This liquor is either drank straight from a shot glass | | | | tall glass of ice. It is its distinctive two tone look that |
| at room temperature, or used as an ingredient in a | | | | is created by not mixing it after the red grenadine |
| number of great tasting fruit drinks. The most | | | | syrup has been added that is the source of its name. |
| popular of these drinks by far is a classic known as | | | | Bottoms Up! |
| the Margarita. | | | | To drink tequila in the traditional fashion, first a lime |
| Blended or Over Ice | | | | must be cut into quarters. One of these lime quarters |
| The margarita is served over ice cubes or blended | | | | is then dusted with a sprinkling of salt and set aside |
| into a slushy drink in a blender, with the blended | | | | on the table. A shot of preferably gold tequila is then |
| slushy style being the most preferred. It is made | | | | tossed back and gulped down then the salted lime |
| from either gold or clear tequila lime juice and a small | | | | quarter quickly is munched as-is in the mouth. |
| dose of triple sec with a distinctive ring of salt around | | | | |