5 to Try: Tequila Cocktails

10 Bosworth St, Boston, MA 02108 (map)

It's time to make tequila personal. As resolute New Englanders, we should be proud this take on history's most caffeinated moment. The Boston Tea Party (tagline: Don't tax our tea) stirs up Sauza tequila, Earl Grey tea, ginger beer and lemon for a bergamot-laced, Mexican-accented Dark and Stormy. Which means that it's like nothing you've ever had before.

92 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (map)

If you start feeling some wanderlust at this exotic lounge, go south of the border (way, way south) for a sip of the aptly named Mexican cocktail. Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva rum says "hola" to El Jimador tequila, with the blend tempered by lime and honey. After a deceptively potent drink such as this, you'll be on a trip, alright.

853 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (map)

We can't guarantee there will be a cougar in the vicinity, but there is one certainty: a Jaguar at the bar. How loud and throaty does it roar? To the tune of Blanco tequila, Amer Picon, Green Chartreuse and Fee Brothers orange bitters. Strong, sexy and definitely an intoxicating force.

280 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (map)

Take a seductive whiff of the Flora Vieja, a moonlit Mexican beach in a glass. The shaken mixture of El Jimador Blanco tequila, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, Luxardo maraschino liqueur and Angostura bitters proves intoxicating, with darkness dancing on the edges of lip-licking fruit.