Tequini Cocktail Recipe

Tequila Lovers Answer
For a Martini Party

The Tequini Cocktail is a Martini made with tequila.

As was explained to me one day by a customer at the restaurant's lounge during a Martini promotion, this recipe is for tequila lovers.

Tequinis are a drier cocktail than what you might normally expect for a tequila drink.

It certainly features the taste of a quality tequila - and that is the absolute bottom line. Use a quality, dry tequila.

The tequila-loving lounge customer asked me to make him one, which I did. He also asked me not to "pick" the olive, but just to toss it in the glass. He said not to bother with the lemon twist. He tasted - and approved.

He then bought several Tequinis for other guests who expressed an interest. Even though they were vodka martini and gin martini "experts," they approved of this beverage.

I asked the customer when he first tried this cocktail recipe. He said, "You should remember, you're as old as I am." (That hurt a bit.) He said the drink was popular during the 1960's and into the 70's.

I pleaded forgiveness. I could not remember it. But in those years, I wasn't really "into" tequila. He forgave me.