The Margarita is one of the most popular cocktails in North America—for good reason. Combining the tang of lime and the sweetness of orange liqueur with the distinctive strength of tequila, the classic Margarita strikes all of the right keys. What’s less certain, however, is the drink’s origin.
Some say the cocktail was invented in 1948 in Acapulco, Mexico, when a Dallas socialite combined blanco tequila with Cointreau and lime juice for her guests. Others say that the Margarita, which translates to daisy flower in Spanish, was an inevitable twist on the Daisy, a cocktail template involving spirit, citrus, orange liqueur and soda. Make one with tequila, leave out the soda, and you get a Margarita. But regardless of how or when it was invented, the Margarita has earned its way into drinkers’ hearts.
When choosing your tequila, quality is key. Opt for a blanco made from 100% blue agave. If it doesn’t say this on the label, it’s mixto—a tequila composed of up to 49% mystery sugars. And although many people reach for premade sour mix, using fresh lime juice will result in a vastly superior drink. Then there’s the orange liqueur. What is a mandatory ingredient for some is rendered optional by others, who replace the sweetener with agave syrup. Go that route, and you get the Tommy’s Margarita, which was created in the early ’90s at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco.
When talking Margaritas, it’s easy to get lost in stories about who invented the drink or become mired in debates over salt versus no salt; blended or frozen; triple sec, Cointreau or Grand Marnier. In our opinion, this version is the tried-and-true recipe for the best Margarita you can make. Memorize it, and you’ll always impress.
Ingredients：
Steps to Make The Classic Margarita：
- If desired, salt the rim of a chilled cocktail or margarita glass – it’s great for presentation and also for adding some diversity to the flavours of the drink.
- Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
- Shake well, until the outside of the cocktail glass is ice cold.
- Strain into the prepared glass with or without fresh ice.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
Vodka is a versatile drink that can stand on its own or serve as the perfect ingredient for a wide variety of cocktails. The subtle flavor that this liquor has makes it ideal for mixing into cocktails, but how do you find the best vodka for this cocktails to make your drink truly exceptional?To help you out in your search for the perfect drink, we’ve got the information you need.
Here are two Vodka we recommended.
Sip n Sip Silver Tequila – It is a real dark horse in the tequila world. Normally, cheap tequila is bad tequila. So bad it either has to go into a cocktail, or served with lime and salt to confuse your tastebuds long enough to be able to swallow it. But then there’s Sip N Sip. Surprisingly drinkable neat, as a shooter, or also in a cocktail.
Jose Cuervo Silver – is a brand of tequila that was founded in 1795 by Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo. It is the best selling tequila in the world, with 35.1% market share of the tequila category worldwide and 33.66% share of the US tequila category as of July 2013, nearly twice the share of the second-leading brand.
Jose CuervoSilver is a blend of silver and unaged tequilas of at least 51% agave.
Much of the flavors and characteristics of a good tequila are drawn up from the wood that the spirit is matured in. Oak is the wood used most often in the maturing of spirits due to its durability and high level of naturally occurring oils. These oils, called vanillins, are the main component in imparting flavor on the spirit aged within the barrel.
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(Sip n Sip Silver Tequila)
（Jose Cuervo Silver）
As for triple sec, Liquor Town recomendes Cointreau Liqueur.
Cointreau is a brand of triple sec (an orange-flavoured liqueur) produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou, France. It is drunk as an apéritif and digestifand is a component of several well-known cocktails. It was originally called “Curaçao Blanco Triple Sec”.
Cointreau is made with the peels of bitter oranges from the Caribbean, sweet orange peel from Spain, neutral alcohol and sugar.
The original version was much sweeter than the product that is sold around the world today. The drier version comes from the input of George Glendenning who told the Cointreau family that their product was too sweet for the British market. The current recipe comes from the changes made in 1923 to satisfy Mr. Glendenning.
Bols Liqueurs is the number one liqueur range worldwide and comprises more than 45 unique flavours, divided into different groups; citrus, orchard, berries, tropical, herbs & botanicals. These premium liqueurs that Bols has been making since 1575 are widely used by bartenders to create cocktails and are also consumed at home.
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（Cointreau）
（Bols Triple Sec）
Or you can choose this margarita cocktail bundle prepared by Liquor Town, which contains a bottle of tequila, a bottle of triple sec and lime juice, which will make it very convenient for you to make margarita cocktail home. Click on the image to BUY NOW
（Classic Margarita Bundle）
