Many cocktail connoisseurs love sunnyinvigorating Tequila Sunrise. This drink is usually served in a high glass with a volume of 150-400 milliliters with large pieces of ice. Such a cocktail has a rather high alcohol content, its strength is 11.4%.
This unusual drink began to gainpopularity back in the 70s of the last century. The history of the Tequila Sunrise cocktail was promoted by the American famous Rolling Stones group, who often chose this amazing blend during their tours of the world.
Текила Санрайз состоит из текилы, апельсинового juice and grenadine (pomegranate syrup). Tequila is a traditional strong Mexican drink that is made from agave and has been in great demand since the 16th century. Grenadine is a thick pomegranate syrup that gives cocktails a bright color and is used as a sweetener.
Tequila Sunrise cocktail can be prepared by mixingall of the above components. Grenadine is added to the drink last. The ratio of tequila, pomegranate juice and grenadine is usually 3: 6: 1. 5-6 ice cubes are added to each serving of the cocktail. A few drops of grenadine make Tequila Sunrise drink like a sunrise. It is this unusual color cocktail that owes its name.
Изобретательные бармены придумали альтернативный Tequila Sunrise drink version - Tequila Sunset cocktail, which means sunset. The main components of this masterpiece remain the same - tequila and orange juice. However, instead of grenadine, the bartender uses blueberry brandy.
To cook Tequila Sunset, put it on the bottomcup of ice. Then there is poured tequila and orange juice, in the last turn add a little blueberry brandy. He should carefully flow down to the very bottom of the glass, thereby depicting the sunset. Tequila Sunset cocktail is served in a tall glass with a cherry or a slice of orange.
Of course, the main secret of these two cocktails in the combination of tequila and orange juice. The origin of orange juice is familiar to all of us, but what do we know about tequila?
Многие считают, что текила изготавливается из cactus. This is one of the most common misconceptions. Invigorating alcoholic beverage is produced from agave, which belongs to the family of liliaceae. There are more than 300 plant species worldwide, however, only one species - blue agave - is suitable for producing tequila.
Tequila production is very difficult and time consuming.process. Agave plantations can exist only in Mexico, and they need to be looked after for at least 8 years to make such a drink. Therefore, tequila can be produced only in Mexico, it is not prepared at any other point on the globe.
Each tequila is made according to an individual recipe. Different versions of this drink differ in the percentage of agave alcohol (from 50% to 100%), in age and taste.
In tequila there is a different content of fusel oils,but a light herbal tint successfully disguises them. Tequila "hits the head" much faster than vodka, so it is almost not drunk separately. However, this drink is ideal for creating a wide variety of strong cocktails, combining well with ordinary juice.
They say that tequila is never a hangover.This can be explained by the fact that a person lacks a very small amount of such an alcoholic beverage. However, if you manage to drink a lot of tequila at once, the hangover will be guaranteed.
The most popular ones are silver and gold tequila.
Silver - pure invigorating tequila without impurities, which could not withstand a second. It is immediately bottled, yielding to the more expensive types of this drink in the fortress.
Golden tequila is also not aged, but caramel is added to it, which makes this drink easier to drink and seems more interesting to the taste.
Но сегодня в магазинах можно увидеть наиболее valuable types of tequila with the maximum content of agave alcohol and with a sufficiently long exposure. These drinks will need to get used to, but spoiled Mexicans choose only expensive elite tequila, leaving gold and silver to inexperienced Europeans.
