Blackberry Tequila Cooler cocktail recipe

Blackberry Tequila Cooler - a fresh, original cocktail

Blackberry season is winding down in California, but just gearing up in Mexico, where blackberries are available from October through May. I picked up some blackberries from Mexico at a local supermarket, and experimented until I came up with this delicious new tequila cocktail.

Blackberry Tequila Cooler

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz Cabo Wabo tequila reposado
• 1/2 oz cachaça (or silver/light rum)
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice

• 4 - 5 fresh blackberries

• top with ginger ale
   

Directions:

1. Muddle fresh blackberries with the lemon and lime juices in a cocktail shaker. 
2. Add tequila, cachaça (or rum), and fill the shaker half-way with ice.
3. Shake vigorously and strain into a fine mesh strainer over a rocks glass filled with ice. (Using a fine mesh strainer will ensure the drink does not have any seeds or stems.)
4. Garnish with half a lemon wheel.