Blanco Tequila cocktails
Unaged and unguarded, blanco tequila delivers raw agave character — bright, vegetal, faintly mineral — that holds its own against citrus in a Margarita or grapefruit soda in a Paloma without ever disappearing into the glass.
8 classic recipes from our canon that use blanco tequila — Blanco Tequila sits in our spirits shelf.
Margarita
Bright, salty and bracing — the benchmark every other sour is measured against.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml blanco tequila
- ◆20 ml triple sec
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Paloma
Tequila, grapefruit and lime over soda — Mexico's everyday drink, lighter than a Margarita.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml blanco tequila
- ◆60 ml grapefruit juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆to top club soda
Long Island Iced Tea
Five spirits, lemon and a splash of cola — no tea, all trouble.
Ingredients
- ◆15 ml vodka
- ◆15 ml gin
- ◆15 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml tequila
- ◆15 ml triple sec
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆to top cola
Tommy's Margarita
Tequila, lime and agave — a Margarita stripped to three honest ingredients.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml blanco tequila
- ◆30 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml agave syrup
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila and orange juice with a sinking grenadine sunrise — pure 1970s nostalgia.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml tequila
- ◆90 ml orange juice
- ◆15 ml grenadine
Grand Margarita
A Margarita built on Grand Marnier — deeper, more orange-forward and a touch richer.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml blanco tequila
- ◆30 ml grand marnier
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Reposado and mezcal sweetened with agave — a smoky, modern take on the original.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml reposado tequila
- ◆15 ml mezcal
- ◆5 ml agave syrup
- ◆2 dashes mole bitters
You can also use
Common substitutions that interchange with blanco tequila in these drinks.
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