Wondering What Cocktails Can You Make with Tequila? Check out 8 Lip-Smacking Tequila Cocktail Recipes Including Tequila Fun Facts to Impress Your Party Guests (2020)

• A study done at the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Mexico says that tequila is good for the bones. Agave tequilana found in the tequila plant helps in absorption of calcium and magnesium which improves bone health.


• You can drink tequila for weight lose as well that is if you drink in moderation. Agavins is a particular kind of sugar found in tequila which has a less refined molecular structure and it does not raise the blood sugar levels, therefore lots of calories pass through your system unused. It also increases your metabolism and dissolves excess fat.


• The agave plant has fructans which are not digestible which is good for colon disease. It helps in fighting diseases like Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, etc.


• It is also known for relaxing your nerves and helps you fall sleep easily.


• The fructans in tequila also supply probiotics to your body and boost your immune system. They also help in dilating your blood vessels and transporting blood to your body parts easily which helps in easing body pain.

Ingredients:

• 1½ cups ice
• 2 fluid ounces tequila, 80 proof
• 4 fluid ounces orange juice, raw
• 1 cup ice
• ¾ fluid ounce grenadine syrup

Method:

• Take a highball glass.
• Fill it up with 1½ cups ice and keep it aside.
• Take tequila and orange juice in a cocktail mixing glass.
• Put 1 cup ice and stir well.
• Strain the mixer in the highball glass and pour in the grenadine, let it settle.
• Stir it before drinking.

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces (4 tbsp) tequila reposado
• 1 ounce (2 tbsp) lemon juice
• ½ ounce (1 tbsp) lime juice
• 2 tsp agave nectar or simple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 egg white
• For the garnish: Cocktail cherry and lime wedge

Method:

• Take a cocktail shaker and put tequila, lemon juice, lime juice, syrup, bitters and egg white in it.
• Give it a good shake for about 15 seconds.
• Add ice into it and shake for another 30 seconds.
• Strain it in a glass and let the foam collect at the top.
• Garnish with a lime wedge and a cocktail cherry.

Ingredients:

• 1½ ounces silver tequila
• 1 ounce orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier or Triple Sec)
• ¾ ounce freshly-squeezed lime juice
• Agave nectar or simple syrup, to taste (optional sweetener)
• Ice
• Lime wedge and coarse salt for rimming the glass (optional)

Method:

• Start by running a lime slice around the top rim of a glass and dipping it in a bowl of salt, then set it aside.
• Take tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice and put them in a cocktail shaker, shake well.
• If you want you can add ½ tsp of agave or simple syrup until you like the taste of it.
• Fill a glass with ice and pour the margarita mixture over it.
• Garnish with a lime wedge and serve immediately.

Ingredients:

• Ice
• 50 ml reposado tequila (we used Herradura Reposado)
• 60 ml pineapple juice
• 15 ml lime juice
• 3 drops Peychaud’s bitters

• ½ pack fresh sage
• 500 gm white caster sugar

• 1 fresh sage leaf

Method:

• For sage syrup take 500 ml of boiling water and pour it on the bunch of sage leaves, leave it for 5 minutes.
• Now remove the sage leaves and add sugar in the water and dissolve well. Let it cool off.
• Take 15 ml of sage syrup in a cocktail shaker and add ice with the other ingredients in it.
• Shake well and pour it in a sherry glass.
• Garnish with a sage leaf.

Ingredients:

• 1½ ounces silver tequila
• 1 ounce​ blue curacao
• ½ ounce​ pineapple juice
• 1 maraschino cherry (for garnish)

Method:

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
• Add in tequila, blue curacao and pineapple juice to it and shake well.
• Strain the mixture in a chilled cocktail glass over ice.
• Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Ingredients:

• 60 ml Patrón Silver Tequila
• 150 ml Bloody Mary Mix
• Lemon wedge for garnish
• Celery stalk for garnish

Method:

• Take all the ingredients and put them in a tin or a pint glass.
• Pour it back and forth between two glasses.
• Strain it and pour in a Collins glass over ice.
• Garnish with a lemon wedge and celery stalk.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Clase Azul Plata Tequila
• 1 oz passion fruit juice
• ¼ oz Allspice Dram
• ¼ oz lime juice
• ¼ oz Cardamarao Amaro

Method:

• Take all the ingredients and shake them vigorously in a shaker.
• Serve it straight in a shaker with red ice cubes to make it look professional. You can give a glass full of ice as well for the guests to pour it in if they like.
• You can garnish it with a spiked candied hibiscus flower as well.

Ingredients:

• 1½ ounces Roca Patrón Añejo tequila
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1-2 dashes mole or chocolate bitters
• 1 Luxardo maraschino cherry, to garnish
• 1 lemon zest, to garnish (optional)

Method:

• Take a mixing glass full of ice and add the tequila, sweet vermouth and bitters to it.
• Stir it for 30 revolutions with a bar spoon.
• Strain it out in a coupe glass.
• Garnish it with a maraschino cherry or lemon zest.

• Physicists at the National Autonomous University of Mexico discovered a way to make artificial diamonds with tequila which can be used in jewellery.


• You can keep an open bottle of tequila for 2 months before oxidation lowers its quality but an unopened bottle can be kept for years. If you keep it for 3 to 6 months it will taste like bourbon.


• The worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle is a myth; it is associated with mezcal which is very closely related with tequila. The worm was used as a marketing strategy claiming it had magical qualities.


• For tequila to be authentic it has to be produced in Mexico mainly in the western Mexican state of Jalisco.


• Rumours say that the Aztecs discovered tequila when lightning struck an agave plant and some liquid oozed out of it. They figured that after letting the liquid sit for a while it fermented and tasted good, hence tequila was born.