How to Mix a Margarita

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

• coarse salt
• 2 oz. tequila
• 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1 oz. triple sec or Cointreau
• lime wedge
• cracked ice

Steps

Step One

Rub half a lime around the rim of a chilled margarita glass. Dip the glass into a plate of coarse salt.

Step Two

Put 2 oz. tequila, 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice and 1 oz. Triple Sec or Cointreau in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice.

Step Three

Shake three times and strain into the glass.

Step Four

Garnish with a lime wedge.

Tips & Warnings

• Variations of the classic margarita include the blue margarita (use blue curaçao instead of Triple Sec and garnish with an orange wedge) and the melon margarita (use Midori instead of Triple Sec and garnish with a wedge of melon).
• To serve a margarita on the rocks, put a few ice cubes in the glass before straining the drink over them.