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Cocktail recipe

Margarita

Tequila, citrus, and orange liqueur.

Margarita cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Tequila Blanco
  • 1 oz Triple Sec
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 1 dash Salt

Method

  1. If using the salt rim, moisten the rim with lime and dip it in salt before mixing.
  2. Shake the tequila, triple sec, and lime juice with ice until cold.
  3. Strain into the prepared coupe without ice, or into a rocks glass over fresh ice.

Story

Nobody agrees on who made the first one; claims range from Carlos 'Danny' Herrera in Tijuana in 1938 to Dallas socialite Margarita Sames in 1948. The simplest explanation is that it is a tequila version of the Daisy, an old sour with orange liqueur, and 'margarita' is Spanish for daisy.