Try these four tequila cocktails at your next Cinco de Mayo celebration, or just find another excuse! They feature a lively mix of fresh, fruity flavors.
After our tantalizing tequila tasting at Agave we were treated to some wonderful cocktails which featured Tequila Tromba Blanco.
EL DIABLO
1.5 oz Tequila Tromba Blanco
.5 oz Crème de Cassis
.5 oz fresh lime juice
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ginger beer
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Build ingredients over ice into a tall glass. Top with ginger beer.
LAVENDER MARGARITA
1.5 oz Tequila Tromba Blanco
1.5 oz agave syrup (mix agave nectar 50/50 with water)
1.5 oz lime juice
lavender bitters
dash of sea salt
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garnish: rosemary sprig
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Shake ingredients together, pour over ice into an old fashioned glass. Garnish with rosemary.
—cocktail courtesty Robin Kaufman of Byblos, Toronto
LA PALOMA
1.5 oz Tequila Tromba Blanco
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes grapefruit bitters
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grapefruit soda
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garnish: slice of ruby red grapefruit
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Build ingredients over ice into a tall glass. Top with grapefruit soda and stir.
MEXICAN GIMLET
2 oz Tequila Tromba Blanco
2 barspoons Roses Lime Juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 barspoon simple syrup
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Shake and double strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with a lime twist.
