How to Mix a Piña Colada

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You'll Need

• shaved ice
• liquor
• 4 cocktail glasses
• 1-1/2 c. light rums
• blenders
• 3/4 c. coconut rums
• 3/4 c. crushed pineapples
• 4 drinking straws
• 4 pineapple wheels
• 4 maraschino cherries
• cocktail umbrellas

Steps

Step One

Pour light rum, coconut rum and crushed pineapple over shaved ice into blender.

Step Two

Blend for 15-30 seconds.

Step Three

Pour into cocktail glasses.

Step Four

Garnish each drink with a cherry and a pineapple wheel.

Step Five

Serve with a straw.

Tips & Warnings

• Add a little more rum if too thick and more ice if too thin.

How to Mix a Frozen Margarita

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

• lime
• coarse salt
• 2 oz. tequila
• 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1 oz. Triple Sec or Cointreau
• 1 cup crushed ice
• garnish: lime wedge

Steps

Step One

Rub a lime around the rim of a margarita glass and then 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 blender with 1 c. crushed ice.

Step Three

Blend at medium speed for 5 to 10 seconds and pour immediately.

Step Four

Garnish with a lime wedge.

Tips & Warnings

• Variations of the frozen margarita include fruit. Cut the ice down to ½ c. and add 1/2 cup frozen fruit. Try peach, raspberry, cherry or strawberry liqueurs instead of Triple Sec and use the same fruit in the drink. Blend for 20 seconds, instead of 10, and garnish with appropriate fresh fruit.

How to Mix a Frozen Margarita

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

• lime
• coarse salt
• 2 oz. tequila
• 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1 oz. Triple Sec or Cointreau
• 1 cup crushed ice
• garnish: lime wedge

Steps

Step One

Rub a lime around the rim of a margarita glass and then 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 blender with 1 c. crushed ice.

Step Three

Blend at medium speed for 5 to 10 seconds and pour immediately.

Step Four

Garnish with a lime wedge.

Tips & Warnings

• Variations of the frozen margarita include fruit. Cut the ice down to ½ c. and add 1/2 cup frozen fruit. Try peach, raspberry, cherry or strawberry liqueurs instead of Triple Sec and use the same fruit in the drink. Blend for 20 seconds, instead of 10, and garnish with appropriate fresh fruit.

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.