Tequila Fruit Cup
A fruity, bubbly and spicy tequila cocktail ∙ Build ∙ 2 min ∙ 10.7% ABV ∙
The Tequila Fruit Cup is a long drink of reposado tequila, orange curaçao and sweet vermouth topped with ginger ale and cola, garnished with fresh fruit.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Pour all ingredients into the glass: Tequila reposado 25 mlOrange curaçao liqueur 25 mlRosso vermouth 25 mlLavender bitters 2 dashes (opt.)Ginger ale 50 mlCola 50 ml
- Half fill the glass with ice
- Add a citrus slice and a couple of mint leaves from garnish
- Fill to the brim with ice
- Garnish with lemon slices, orange slices, strawberries and mint sprigs
- Note: Can be scaled up and served from a punch bowl or a large pitcher
Tips
- Add the ice in two stages — half-fill, tuck in a citrus slice and a few mint leaves, then fill to the brim — so the fruit sits down through the drink.
History
The Tequila Fruit Cup is a modern, single-spirit take on the British fruit cup style. Rather than relying on a pre-bottled cup liqueur, it builds the effect from scratch with reposado tequila, orange curaçao, and rosso vermouth, lengthened with ginger ale and cola.
It follows the pattern of the Bourbon Fruit Cup, created in London in June 2017 as one of a numbered series of Fruit Cup riffs that each swap a different base spirit into the same gin-based template. The fruit cup itself is a longstanding English category of low-alcohol, bottled punches meant to be lengthened with a soft drink and garnished with fruit and herbs; it is traditionally gin-based, and its best-known example is Pimm's.
FAQ
What are the ingredients in the fruit cup?
25 ml each of reposado tequila, orange curaçao and sweet (rosso) vermouth, topped with 50 ml each of ginger ale and cola. Two dashes of lavender bitters are optional. The fruit is the garnish: lemon and orange slices, strawberries and mint.
How do you make a Mexican-style fruit cup with tequila?
Pour all the ingredients, sodas included, into a chilled Collins glass, half-fill with ice, tuck in a citrus slice and a few mint leaves, then fill to the brim with ice. Garnish with lemon and orange slices, strawberries, and mint; the recipe scales up for a punch bowl or pitcher.
