tequila

Margarita

refreshing · served in a coupe or rocks

Tequila, Cointreau, and fresh lime with a salted rim. Created in the late 1930s and very much at home in 1950s-60s cocktail culture.

Ingredients

·2 oz blanco tequila
·1 oz Cointreau
·3/4 oz fresh lime juice
·Salt for rim
·Lime wheel to garnish

Method

Rub the rim of a coupe with lime and dip in coarse salt. Combine tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice in a shaker with ice. Shake hard and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Pour slowly. Sip slower.