Margarita

Taste

Two ounces of tequila against three-quarters each of orange liqueur and lime. The tequila is the drink; the orange and lime are equal and small, peel and acid around agave. Shaken, coupe, salt rim. Short, no ice in the glass.

History

The origin is a pile of claims. William J. Tarling prints the same three ingredients as the Picador in the 1937 Cafe Royal Cocktail Book in London. Charlie Connolly's 1939 Cotton Club booklet has a Tequila Sour with Cointreau, lime, and a salt rim. Under the name Margarita it surfaces in a 1953 Santa Rosa Press Democrat item from Ensenada. Claimants include Danny Negrete at Tehuacan in 1936, Johnny Durlesser at the Tail o' the Cock in Los Angeles, Pancho Morales in Juarez in 1942, Danny Herrera at Rancho La Gloria, and Margaret Sames in Acapulco in 1948. This menu pours two ounces of tequila, three-quarters orange liqueur, three-quarters lime, shaken, in a coupe with salt.

• The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, The Margarita
• Difford's Guide, History of the Margarita cocktail

Same shape, other bottles

The Daisy family, with the bottle that changed.

• Mezcal Margaritamezcal for tequila
• Kamikazevodka for tequila
• Ace of Clubsaged rum and crème de cacao for tequila and orange liqueur
• Between the Sheetscognac, light rum, and lemon juice for tequila and lime juice
• Elderflower Daiquirilight rum and elderflower liqueur for tequila and orange liqueur
• Lemon Dropvodka and lemon juice for tequila and lime juice