Margarita

" if life gives you limes make margaritas "

IBA official cocktail

Margarita Recipe

• 3.5 cL (7 parts) tequila

• 2 cL (4 parts) Cointreau

• 1.5 cL (3 parts) lime juice

Preparation

Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass rimmed with salt.

History

According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the margarita is merely a popular Mexican and American drink, the Daisy (margaritais Spanish for "daisy"), remade with tequila instead of brandy, which became popular during Prohibition as people drifted over the border for alcohol. There is an account from 1936 of Iowa newspaper editor James Graham finding such a cocktail in Tijuana, years before any of the other margarita "creation myths".