Agave Mexican Mule
A deeper Mexican Mule with reposado tequila, a touch of mezcal, lime, agave and ginger beer.
Ingredients: Reposado tequila, Mezcal, Fresh lime juice, Agave syrup, Ginger beer.
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Tequila Margaritas, Palomas and Agave Drinks cocktails.
Tequila Margaritas, Palomas and Agave Drinks
Tequila cocktails work because they have attitude. They can be sharp and salty, juicy and tropical, spicy, smoky, citrusy or incredibly refreshing. This collection gathers active tequila and agave-style drinks with mango, chilli, tamarind, grapefruit, orange, lime, pepper, citrus cordials and bright fruit flavours. Some feel close to margarita territory, some lean paloma-like, and others use tequila as the backbone for something more modern and expressive.
This is a collection for high-energy drinking: summer parties, taco nights, barbecues, late afternoons, holiday menus and evenings where the cocktail needs to wake everyone up. The best tequila drinks have balance as well as excitement. Citrus sharpens them, fruit makes them generous, salt and spice add shape, and bubbles can make them feel effortless. If you want cocktails with colour, bite and proper personality, this page is made for you.
Tequila cocktails work because they have attitude. They can be sharp and salty, juicy and tropical, spicy, smoky, citrusy or incredibly refreshing. This collection gathers active tequila and agave-style drinks with mango, chilli, tamarind, grapefruit, orange, lime, pepper, citrus cordials and bright fruit flavours. Some feel close to margarita territory, some lean paloma-like, and others use tequila as the backbone for something more modern and expressive.
This is a collection for high-energy drinking: summer parties, taco nights, barbecues, late afternoons, holiday menus and evenings where the cocktail needs to wake everyone up. The best tequila drinks have balance as well as excitement. Citrus sharpens them, fruit makes them generous, salt and spice add shape, and bubbles can make them feel effortless. If you want cocktails with colour, bite and proper personality, this page is made for you.
Recipes in this collection
Tequila Margaritas, Palomas and Agave Drinks recipes
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Aztec Citrus Paloma
Aztec Citrus Paloma takes a Mexican-inspired direction, with grapefruit, agave brightness and mineral fizz. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Tequila, Grapefruit syrup, lime juice, Chilli cordial, and Grapefruit Soda.
Batanga
Batanga combines Blanco tequila with Cola, lime juice, and Small pinch of salt, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Cola, lime juice, and Small pinch of salt.
Beyonce Bloom
Beyonce Bloom turns a music-icon mood into a drink: bold colour, memorable flavour and enough theatre to feel like a headline serve.
Ingredients: Tequila, Peach liqueur, Hibiscus cordial, and Sparkling Wine.
Brave Bull
A short tequila and coffee liqueur drink. Dark, direct, earthy and ideal as a simple after-dinner sipper.
Ingredients: Tequila, coffee liqueur. Build over ice.
Cantarito
Cantarito combines Blanco tequila with lime juice, Orange juice, and Grapefruit Juice, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, Grapefruit soda. Serve well chilled.
Cantarito Fiesta
A Mexican-inspired tequila citrus highball with grapefruit, orange, lime and fizz. Bright, salty, lively and made for sharing.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, orange juice, lime juice, grapefruit soda. Build over ice.
Chilli Watermelon Ranch
A lean tequila highball with fresh watermelon, lime, chilli and a long soda-water finish.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Fresh watermelon juice, Fresh lime juice, Jalapeño syrup, Soda water.
Cinnamon Sunset Sour
Cinnamon Sunset Sour brings together Tequila and Cinnamon syrup, lemon, and Blood orange syrup in a focused cocktail that is easy to understand but far from one-note.
Ingredients: Tequila, Cinnamon syrup, lemon, Blood orange syrup. Serve well chilled.
Citrus Paloma
A bright tequila and grapefruit highball with lime, agave and soda. Clean, citrusy and refreshing.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, grapefruit soda, agave syrup. Build over ice.
Coconut Blood Orange Margarita
A vivid Blood Orange Margarita with toasted coconut, blanco tequila, lime and orange liqueur.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Triple sec, Blood orange juice, Fresh lime juice, Toasted coconut syrup.
Coconut Ember Negroni
A smoky, coconut-scented Negroni with gin, mezcal, Campari and sweet vermouth.
Ingredients: Gin, Mezcal, Campari, Sweet vermouth, Toasted coconut syrup.
Desert Bloom Mule
Desert Bloom Mule combines Vodka with Hibiscus syrup, lime juice, and ginger cordial, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Hibiscus syrup, lime juice, ginger cordial, and Soda Water.
Dirty Margarita-Tini
A savoury tequila cocktail that fuses a Margarita with the sharp, briny confidence of a dirty Martini.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, dry vermouth, lime juice, orange liqueur, olive brine and agave. Shake and serve chilled.
Double Dip Margarita
Double Dip Margarita is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with Tequila, Orange liqueur, Fresh lime juice and Sherbet powder giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Orange liqueur, Fresh lime juice, Sherbet powder
Electric Sunset
Electric Sunset combines Tequila with Orange syrup, lime juice, and Grenadine cordial, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Orange syrup, lime juice, Grenadine cordial, and Soda Water.
Gochujang Margarita
A savoury-spicy Margarita with blanco tequila, lime, orange liqueur and measured gochujang heat.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Triple sec, Fresh lime juice, Gochujang syrup, Agave syrup.
Grand Staircase
Grand Staircase combines Tequila Reposado with Walnut Syrup, Sparkling Wine, and Almond Essence, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila Reposado, Walnut Syrup, Sparkling Wine, Almond Essence. Serve well chilled.
Graveyard Fog
Graveyard Fog is crisp, expressive and easy to come back to, with Mezcal, Elderflower Liqueur and Agave Syrup giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Elderflower Liqueur, Agave Syrup
Hibiscus Heat
Hibiscus Heat combines Tequila with Hibiscus liqueur, Chilli cordial, and Sparkling Wine, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Hibiscus liqueur, Chilli cordial, and Sparkling Wine.
Hot Honey Mezcal Mule
A smoky mezcal Mule with lime, hot honey and fiery ginger beer.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Blanco tequila, Fresh lime juice, Hot honey syrup, Ginger beer.
Illegal
Illegal pairs Mezcal with Jamaican overproof rum, Falernum, and Maraschino Liqueur for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Jamaican overproof rum, Falernum, Maraschino liqueur, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Infinity & Beyond
Infinity & Beyond is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with Tequila, Triple Sec and Lime Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Triple Sec, Lime Juice
Irish Mule
Irish Mule combines Irish whiskey with lime juice and Ginger Beer, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Irish whiskey, lime juice, and Ginger Beer.
Kiwi Cucumber Margarita
A fresh green Margarita with blanco tequila, kiwi, cucumber, lime and orange liqueur.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Triple sec, Fresh lime juice, Kiwi, Cucumber slices, Agave syrup.
Late Checkout
Late Checkout brings together Tequila and Pineapple syrup, lime, and Jalapeno syrup in a focused cocktail that is easy to understand but far from one-note.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pineapple syrup, lime, and Jalapeno syrup.
Limoncello Margarita
A lemon-bright Margarita twist with tequila, limoncello, lime and orange liqueur. Sunny, sharp and smoother than the classic.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, limoncello, lime juice, triple sec. Shake and strain.
Long Island Iced Tea
A strong, refreshing cocktail combining multiple spirits with a hint of citrus and cola.
Ingredients: Vodka, Gin, White Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Lemon Juice, Cola. Serve over ice.
M & M
A bartender favourite built from equal parts mezcal and Amaro Montenegro: smoky, herbal and strikingly simple.
Ingredients: 40 ml Amaro Montenegro; 40 ml mezcal.
Mandarin Vanilla Margarita
A fragrant Margarita with blanco tequila, mandarin, lime, orange liqueur and restrained vanilla.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Triple sec, Mandarin purée, Fresh lime juice, Vanilla syrup.
Mango Chilli Margarita
Mango Chilli Margarita brings together Tequila and Mango Syrup, lemon, and Chilli Syrup in a focused cocktail that is easy to understand but far from one-note.
Ingredients: Tequila, Mango syrup, lemon, Chilli syrup. Serve well chilled.
Margarita
A zesty drink featuring lime and tequila.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, triple sec, salt rim. Serve chilled.
Mercury Flash
Mercury Flash is lively, lifted and easy to drink, with Tequila, blood orange, chilli and and a sparkling giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, blood orange, chilli, and a sparkling top.
Mexican Coffee
Mexican Coffee brings Tequila and Coffee Liqueur, Hot coffee, and Lightly whipped cream together in a smooth, dessert-leaning cocktail with real structure.
Ingredients: Tequila, Coffee Liqueur, Hot coffee, and Lightly whipped cream.
Mexican Firing Squad
Mexican Firing Squad is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with Tequila, Lime Juice, Grenadine and Angostura Bitters giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Lime Juice, Grenadine, Angostura Bitters.
Mexican Martini
Mexican Martini pairs Tequila with Triple Sec, lime juice, and Olive brine for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, and Olive brine.
Mexican Mule
Mexican Mule combines Blanco tequila with lime juice and Ginger Beer, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, and Ginger Beer.
Mexican Sunset
Mexican Sunset pairs Tequila with Peach Schnapps, Amaretto, and Pineapple juice for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Tequila, Peach Schnapps, Amaretto, Pineapple juice, and Grenadine.
Mezcal Margarita
Mezcal Margarita is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Mezcal, lime juice, triple sec and and optional salt rim giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Mezcal, lime juice, triple sec, ice, and optional salt rim. Shake and strain.
Monarch Lounge
Monarch Lounge layers Tequila Reposado with Olive Vermouth, Tangerine Liqueur, and Aromatic Bitters for a deeper, aromatic cocktail built for slower sipping.
Ingredients: Tequila Reposado, Olive Vermouth, Tangerine Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters. Serve well chilled.
Naked and Famous
Naked and Famous is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Mezcal, Aperol, Yellow Chartreuse and Lime Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Aperol, Yellow Chartreuse, Lime Juice.
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
A smoky agave twist on the Old Fashioned.
Ingredients: Reposado tequila, mezcal, agave syrup, bitters, and ice. Stir and serve over ice.
Paloma
Paloma is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Tequila, Grapefruit soda, Lime juice and Salt giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Grapefruit soda, Lime juice, Salt. Serve over ice.
Paloma Picante
Paloma Picante combines Tequila with lime juice, Grapefruit Soda, and Agave syrup, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, Grapefruit soda, Agave syrup, Chilli slices. Serve well chilled.
Paloma Spritz
Paloma Spritz combines Blanco tequila with Pink grapefruit soda, Prosecco, and lime juice, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Pink grapefruit soda, Prosecco, and lime juice.
Passionfruit Coconut Margarita
A tropical Margarita with blanco tequila, passion fruit, lime, orange liqueur and a restrained coconut finish.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Triple sec, Fresh lime juice, Passion fruit purée, Coconut cream, Agave syrup.
Passionfruit Pepper Spritz
Passionfruit Pepper Spritz combines Tequila with Passion Fruit Liqueur, Pink pepper cordial, and Sparkling Wine, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Passion Fruit Liqueur, Pink pepper cordial, and Sparkling Wine.
Picante de la Casa
Picante de la Casa is crisp, expressive and easy to come back to, with Tequila blanco, lime juice, agave syrup and coriander giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila blanco, lime juice, agave syrup, coriander, chilli, and ice. Shake and strain.
Pineapple Tajin Highball
A dry, spicy highball with reposado tequila, mezcal, pineapple, lime, soda and a Tajín half-rim.
Ingredients: Reposado tequila, Mezcal, Pineapple juice, Fresh lime juice, Soda water.
Pink Lemonade Margarita
A party-friendly Margarita with tequila, lemonade, lime, triple sec and cranberry. Pink, bright and easy to batch.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, triple sec, lemonade, lime juice, cranberry juice. Shake and serve.
Pink Pepper Paloma
Pink Pepper Paloma combines Tequila with Pink pepper syrup, lime juice, and Grapefruit Cordial, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pink pepper syrup, lime juice, Grapefruit Cordial, and Grapefruit Soda.
Pink Starburst Casamigos
A spicy, smooth, refreshing cocktail with layered, bold flavours.
Ingredients Tequila, Vanilla Vodka, Strawberry Liqueur
Pit Lane Paloma
Pit Lane Paloma is a racing-inspired cocktail with sharp visual impact, clean structure and a trackside sense of occasion.
Ingredients: Tequila, Grapefruit syrup, lime juice, Lime Cordial, and Grapefruit Soda.
Pomegranate Ember
Pomegranate Ember brings together Tequila and Pomegranate syrup, lemon, and Cinnamon syrup in a focused cocktail that is easy to understand but far from one-note.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pomegranate syrup, lemon, Cinnamon syrup. Serve well chilled.
Rooftop Heatwave
Rooftop Heatwave combines Tequila with Watermelon syrup, lime juice, and Jalapeno cordial, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Watermelon syrup, lime juice, Jalapeno cordial, and Soda Water.
Rosita
Rosita layers Reposado tequila with Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, and Campari for a deeper, aromatic cocktail built for slower sipping.
Ingredients: Reposado tequila, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Campari, and Angostura Bitters.
Santana Sunset
Santana Sunset turns a music-icon mood into a drink: bold colour, memorable flavour and enough theatre to feel like a headline serve.
Ingredients: Tequila, Mango Syrup, lime, and Lime Syrup.
Saturn
Saturn is juicy, generous and full of holiday energy, with Gin, Passionfruit Syrup, Lemon Juice and Orgeat giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Gin, Passionfruit Syrup, Lemon Juice, Orgeat, Falernum.
Silk Route Manhattan
Silk Route Manhattan pairs Tequila Reposado with Date Liqueur, Cognac Syrup, and lime juice for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Tequila Reposado, Date Liqueur, Cognac Syrup, and lime juice.
Smoked Pineapple Sour
A smoky mezcal-and-rum sour with fresh pineapple, roasted pineapple syrup, lime and foam.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Dark rum, Pineapple juice, Fresh lime juice, Roasted pineapple syrup, Egg white.
Smoky Peach Tea Margarita
A bold, smoky take on the Margarita featuring mezcal, ripe peach, and black tea for a rich, complex flavour with a sweet, earthy finish.
Ingredients Mezcal, Peach Purée, Cooled Black Tea
Spicy Pineapple Ranch Water
A long tequila highball with pineapple, lime, soda and jalapeño heat. Fresh, spicy, clean and made for warm-weather drinking.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, pineapple juice, lime juice, jalapeno syrup, soda water. Build over ice.
Summer Citrus Paloma
A sweet, citrusy, refreshing cocktail with layered, bold flavours.
Ingredients Tequila, Grapefruit Juice, Lime Juice, Orange Juice
Sundown Tiki
Sundown Tiki pairs Dark rum with Passion Fruit Juice, Orange syrup, and lime juice for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Dark rum, Passion Fruit Juice, Orange syrup, and lime juice.
Tamarind Sunset
Tamarind Sunset combines Tequila with Tamarind syrup, lime juice, and Orange cordial, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Tamarind syrup, lime juice, Orange cordial, and Soda Water.
Tequila Sunrise
A vibrant, fruity cocktail made with tequila, orange juice, and grenadine, served in a tall glass to showcase its sunrise effect.
Ingredients: Tequila, orange juice and grenadine.
Thanksgiving Margarita
Thanksgiving Margarita is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Tequila, Triple Sec, Cranberry Juice and Apple Cider giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Triple Sec, Cranberry Juice, Apple Cider
The Conservatory
The Conservatory pairs Tequila Reposado with Bourbon Liqueur, Grapefruit syrup, and lime juice for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Tequila Reposado, Bourbon Liqueur, Grapefruit syrup, and lime juice.
The Doorman
The Doorman combines Tequila Reposado with Peach syrup, Sparkling Wine, and Jasmine Essence, finishing with a lively, refreshing lift.
Ingredients: Tequila Reposado, Peach Syrup, Sparkling Wine, Jasmine Essence. Serve well chilled.
Tokyo Iced Tea
A vivid green Long Island Iced Tea variation built from five spirits, melon liqueur, lime and lemon-lime soda.
Ingredients: 15 ml white rum; 15 ml gin; 15 ml vodka; 15 ml reposado tequila; 15 ml triple sec; 15 ml green melon liqueur; 30 ml fresh lime juice; 50 ml chilled lemon-lime soda.
Tommy's Margarita
Tommy's Margarita pairs Blanco tequila with lime juice and Agave syrup for a bright, sharply balanced cocktail with a clean finish.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, and Agave syrup.
Wasabi Watermelon Margarita
A bright watermelon Margarita with a clean wasabi heat.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, watermelon juice, lime, orange liqueur, agave and wasabi. Shake and serve over ice.
Yuzu Paloma Highball
A Japanese-Mexican highball with tequila, grapefruit, yuzu and sparkling lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, yuzu, agave and soda water. Build over ice.
Yuzu Paloma Pop
A high-definition Paloma with blanco tequila, grapefruit, yuzu and bright pink-grapefruit fizz.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Yuzu juice, Fresh grapefruit juice, Agave syrup, Pink grapefruit soda.