A long, easygoing highball of tequila and fresh orange juice, the bright citrus softening the agave into something sunny and loose over plenty of ice. A slow pour of grenadine sinks to the bottom and blooms upward into a red-to-gold gradient, and restraint is the trick — left unstirred, the layers stay distinct and the drink turns sweeter and redder as you reach the base.
Garnish: Orange Wheel
Built · Highball · On the Rocks
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Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
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Pour the tequila and fresh orange juice directly into the glass.
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Slowly add the grenadine syrup so it sinks and creates the chromatic 'sunrise' gradient. Do not stir.
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Garnish with a half orange slice (or an orange zest).
Two unrelated drinks have answered to this name. The older one, mixed by Gene Sulit at the Arizona Biltmore during the 1930s, paired tequila with crème de cassis, lime and soda. The orange-and-grenadine version poured today is credited to bartenders Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice of the Trident, a Sausalito bar, early in the 1970s. It travelled with the Rolling Stones on their 1972 tour, spread further through a 1973 Jose Cuervo campaign, and now sits among the IBA's Contemporary Classics.