Tequila Sunrise Shot

With this tequila sunrise shot, you get all the flavor of the classic tequila sunrise cocktail in a short and sharp shooter style drink. Find out how to make it using just three ingredients in my new blog post!

Course Cocktails

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword layered shots, pretty shots, tequila sunrise shot

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings shot

Calories 61kcal

Author Elaine Benoit

Equipment

Ingredients

.50 ounce tequila
.75 ounce orange juice
.25 ounce grenadine (or as much or as little as you like)

Instructions

Measure and add the tequila to each glass.
.50 ounce tequila
Measure and add the orange juice. Don't worry, the orange juice and tequila will mix.
.75 ounce orange juice
Put the pourer into the grenadine bottle, place the spoon in and against the glass with the bowl side facing up and slowly pour the grenadine over the spoon an dinto the glass.
.25 ounce grenadine
Drink down
Smile
Enjoy

Notes

Helpful tips

Usually when you are layering a shot, you need to put the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up to the lightest. Not true in this case, the heaviest substance is the grenadine and will be layered in last. You want it to switch places with the other ingredients so you get the sunrise affect.
When making a layered shot, you can only measure the first ingredient because you'll need a pourer in conjunction with a cocktail spoon to layer the other ingredients directly from the bottle into the shot glass, which means you'll need to eyeball the quantities of those additional ingredients.
One tool you definitely need for layering is either a regular teaspoon or a cocktail spoon. I prefer the cocktail spoon since it has a wider bowl.
I also prefer to use pourers, like the ones you see in bars, because they control the flow of liquor from the bottle, allowing you to pour slowly, which is required for layered shots.
When layering, place your spoon bowl side up against the inside of the glass, but above the liquid.
It's one of my favorite things that sometimes in layered shots, you will see an ingredient switch places with the rest of the ingredients. In this layered shot, the grenadine does just that.
Most shot glasses are 2 ounces. You can find smaller ones but I like the 2 ounce glasses because most of my layered shots are 1.5 ounces.
For this drink, you can use as much or as little grenadine as you like. I used different amounts for each of the glasses so you can see how it looks. The smooth short glass has more than the beveled glass, but the tall glass has the most.
The shape of the glass showcases the layered shots differently. I love that. As you can see, the tall glass allows more infiltration of the grenadine, where the shorter glasses separate easily.

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