Margarita瑪格麗特

Flavour

Colour
White
Style
Short drink

Ingredients

Served

Glass
Margarita glass
Ice
Served up
Garnish
Salted rimLime wheel
Technique
Shake

Method

Salt the rim of the glass. Shake the tequila, triple sec and lime juice with ice until very cold, strain into the glass and hang a lime wheel on the edge.

About this drink

Accounts differ, with several Mexican claims from the late 1930s and 1940s. The steadier clue is structural: it belongs to the Daisy family of spirit, orange liqueur and citrus — and margarita is simply Spanish for daisy.