Introduction
The margarita is a popular drink with a Mexican flair. I can still remember our family trip to Florida four years ago it was the first major vacation that my dad went on with us. We didn’t get to do much down there because of the storms. I loved that my dad was there but I was sad that maybe the only vacation he would go on with us would be botched. When we were there he let me try a margarita. The bittersweet taste was the picture perfect image of our situation;
Cocktail(s)
The Margarita:
Tequila
Triple Sec
Fresh Lime Juice
Common ratios:
2:1:1
3:2:1
3:1:1
Mix in a shaker with ice. Strain into a salt-rimmed cocktail glass, and garnish with a lime or lemon slice.
History
The history of The Margarita is widely disputed. There are literally to many stories to count. The story I would rather tell though is the one of love, loss, and the bittersweet memories similar to the one I think of when I drink it. John Durlesser presented his drink The Margarita at the 1949 All American Cocktail Contest. He named it after his girlfriend who he had lost twenty three years prior in a hunting accident during a expedition he had suggested. His regret gave birth to the cocktail. She was from Mexico where tequila was a very popular drink and the most popular way to drink it was to take a shot, lick salt from your hand, and bite a lime. He managed to emulate this in one drink by mixing lime juice, orange liqueur, and tequila together in a glass and garnishing the rim of the glass with salt.
