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The Tequila Sunrise 

No cocktail exudes aesthetic credentials in quite the way this summer classic does. Yet the drink, much like the spirit it's based on, is simplicity itself – tequila, grenadine (a pomegranate-based liqueur) and orange juice. Created in the 1930s, the drink originally used crème de cassis, lime and soda water up until the 1970s, when the present-day libation was reborn. Concocting the vivid layers of colour in the glass, which resemble the summer sunrise, is more than enough to whet the appetite; it's Instagram in a glass.

60ml (2 ounces) tequila

120ml (½ cup) orange juice

22ml (¾ ounce) grenadine syrup 

Ice

Cocktail cherry (for garnish)