Agave Cocktails: Tequila
Margarita Cocktail
Margarita Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. Tequila Cabeza Blanco
1 oz. Combier L’Original
0.75 oz. Fresh lime juice
Garnish
Salt rim
Lime wedge
Margarita Cocktail Preparation
For the salt rim, pour table salt onto a small plate. Run the flesh side of a lime wedge along the outside lip of a glass. If serving with ice, use a double rocks glass. If serving without ice, use a stemmed cocktail glass. Carefully roll the rim through the salt to coat.
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into the serving glass. Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.
Margarita Cocktail Story
Who invented the world’s most popular cocktail? From Ensenada to El Paso, Acapulco to Rancho La Gloria, various people, bars, and towns claim ownership of the Margarita. Take, for example, Dallas socialite Margarita Sames, who claimed credit for the Margarita’s invention on a 1948 vacation to Acapulco where her hotelier friend, Tommy Hilton (of Hilton Hotels), sampled the drink and added it to all Hilton Hotel bar menus. However, the tequila company Jose Cuervo had already been marketing the Margarita to the masses, since 1945. There are many examples of those looking to go down in history as the cocktail’s inventor, however the simplest origin story seems to be that the Margarita, meaning daisy in Spanish, is an adaptation of a Daisy cocktail, which combines a base spirit with citrus, sweetener, and club soda.