Tequila Sunrise
Usually a Scotch ‘n’ Coke or ‘Red Back‘ drinker…..with the onset of hotter weather brings my hankering of fruity cocktails. I don’t like cream cocktails preferring ones made with fruit juices and fresh fruit. This month my favourite cocktail is the ‘Tequila Sunrise”. We make the Orange Juice version (rather than with lime juice). We always use lots of ice and a generous splash of Grenadine - which sinks to the bottom (completing the ’sunrise’) - plus some sort of fresh fruit.
Traditionally Tequila Sunrises are garnished with cherries (but as they don’t appear fresh until November or December here) and spring is strawberry season in Perth, we usually cut up a few ripe strawberries adding them into the cocktails as well as using one for garnishing.
The strange plant behind our glasses is an ornamental variety of the ‘Bromeliad’ which interestingly (but perhaps not surprisingly) is of the same family as the Pineapple! Bromeliads are ancient plants that have evolved over 65 million years - this variety can be grown inside or outside and is very robust (read.. almost impossible to kill!). This one has a long stemmed, almost plastic looking (and feeling) red flower growing from its centre that has been there for 4 months. The formation of the leaves, also from the centre of the plant, forms a reservoir where water is naturally held and it is good practice to water from a height so that this area refills (as it would if it were outside getting rain). Every other month I also give it a liquid feed and wipe any dust off its leaves so it is always glossy and healthy looking.
