Cocktail: Brazilian Cadillac

Cocktail: Brazilian Cadillac

Drinks

The Brazilian Cadillac is a cocktail made with gin, apricot liqueur, orange juice, and a base of blue curaçao, which gives the drink a green hue.

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The Brazilian Cadillac takes inspiration from the Tequila Sunrise, but it doesn’t resemble it in taste or appearance. It combines gin, liqueurs, orange juice, and blue curaçao, resulting in a green drink at the bottom and a yellow one at the top.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time3 min
  • Cook time—
  • Total3 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Estimated cost$1.49 $1.49 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

1 people
  • $0.04
  • $0.31
  • $0.36
  • $0.50
  • $0.28

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Combine the first five ingredients in a long drink glass. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add the blue curaçao so that the lower half of the glass is green, while the upper half retains the yellow color of the orange juice. ≈ 3 min
  3. Next, fill the glass with crushed ice. ≈ 10 min
  4. Finally, decorate the rim of the glass with a lemon slice and serve. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Cocktail: Brazilian Cadillac

  • 2 cl of lime juice$0.04
  • 2 cl of apricot liqueur$0.31
  • 2 cl of orange liqueur$0.36
  • 14 cl of freshly squeezed orange juice$0.50
  • 1 lemon$0.28

Total$1.49

that's $1.49 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 cl of lime juice
  • 4 cl of gin
  • 2 cl of apricot liqueur
  • 2 cl of orange liqueur
  • 14 cl of freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 ounce of blue curaçao
  • shaved ice
  • 1 lemon

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