Margarita
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Coupe or margarita glass, 8–10 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
tequila
citrus
shaken
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.75 oz orange liqueur
- 0.25 oz agave syrup
- Salt rim and lime wheel, for garnish
Instructions
Shake with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed rocks glass over fresh ice.
Behind the drink
A little history
1930s–1940s
Mexico / U.S. borderlands
The Margarita has many competing inventors and no settled birthplace. It belongs to the older Daisy family—spirit, citrus, and orange liqueur—and “margarita” is Spanish for daisy.
Smithsonian: Margarita history