# Blanco tequila

Clear tequila bottled without maturation or after no more than two months in oak, prized for its direct agave character.

Parent category: [Tequila](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/tequila.md)

Alcohol: 40% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Batanga](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/batanga.md): Blanco tequila, fresh lime, salt, and cane-sugar cola make a vivid Jalisco highball whose agave, citrus, and savoury edge remain unmistakable.
- [Cadillac Margarita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cadillac-margarita.md): A spirit-forward Margarita pairing blanco tequila with Cognac-based Grand Marnier and fresh lime.
- [Death Flip](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/death-flip.md): Blanco tequila, Jägermeister, Yellow Chartreuse, vanilla, and a whole egg make Chris Hysted-Adams’s Australian modern flip strange on paper and lush in the glass.
- [Margarita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/margarita.md): A bright tequila sour balancing fresh lime with the concentrated orange of Cointreau and a savoury salt rim.
- [Paloma](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/paloma.md): A brisk tequila highball lengthened with pink grapefruit soda and sharpened by lime and a pinch of salt.
- [Ranch Water](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ranch-water.md): A bone-dry West Texas highball whose mineral sparkle and fresh lime keep blanco tequila vivid and exceptionally refreshing.
- [Siesta](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/siesta.md): A bright tequila sour balancing fresh grapefruit and lime with a measured dose of Campari.
- [Spicy Margarita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/spicy-margarita.md): A fresh Margarita sharpened with jalapeño heat and the green, citrusy lift of coriander leaf.
- [The Brave](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/the-brave.md): A still, spirit-forward union of mezcal, tequila, Averna, and orange liqueur perfumed with bitters.
- [Tommy’s Margarita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tommys-margarita.md): A modern Margarita that leaves out orange liqueur, putting tequila and fresh lime against mellow agave sweetness.
- [Vampiro](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/vampiro.md): The IBA branch of this Mexican tequila cooler makes tomato deeply savoury with fresh orange, lime, honey, raw onion, chilli, and Worcestershire.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/blanco-tequila
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/blanco-tequila-41fa2b05.webp
- Source: https://old.crt.org.mx/images/documentos/Normas/NOM_006_SCFI_2012_Ingles.pdf