Cocktail recipe
Margarita
A bright, salt-edged conversation between tequila, orange, and fresh lime.
Ingredients
- 60 ml (2 oz) 100% agave blanco tequila
- 30 ml (1 oz) freshly squeezed lime juice
- 22.5 ml (¾ oz) orange liqueur
- optional 5 ml (⅙ oz) agave syrup if fruit is particularly sharp.
- Garnish: Lime wheel; fine salt for a half-rim.
- Ice: For shaking; fresh ice if served on rocks.
Preparation
Moisten half the rim of a chilled glass with a lime wedge, then dip that side into a shallow plate of salt. Add tequila, fresh lime juice and orange liqueur to a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until well chilled. Double-strain into the prepared glass, or strain over fresh ice if serving on the rocks. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Glassware
Chilled coupe or rocks glass
History
The Margarita has multiple competing origin stories involving bartenders, socialites, and Mexican border destinations in the 1930s and 1940s. None has emerged as an uncontested invention record. Earlier tequila drinks in the Daisy family—“margarita” means “daisy” in Spanish—provide a plausible lineage, but linguistic similarity alone does not settle authorship. Printed recipes under related names and the growing popularity of tequila cocktails predate many famous personal claims. Our formula is a modern house balance, not a verified original.
Mixology View
Fresh lime is non-negotiable. Orange liqueur should frame the tequila, not turn it into candy; the half-salt rim gives drinkers control. Tommy's Margarita and Mezcal Margarita belong in the variations carousel.