Experiment with different tequilas, flavors, and proportions until you design your signature margarita. Muddle a few jalapeno slices (without the seeds) to bring the heat.Ĥ: Trial and error. We love a paloma, which uses grapefruit soda and is as refreshing as it sounds.ģ: Spicy margaritas? Yes. Happy hour al fresco is just a couple of months away…Ģ: Switch out the triple sec for a fruity soda or juice. Add your ingredients to a blender with ice and blend, blend, blend until you’ve got a slushy. We’ve covered the basics of a margarita, but sometimes you wanna be a little extra, right?ġ: First and foremost: The frozen margarita. Seriously: You can skip arm day if you’re shaking your margaritas the right way. Just heat equal parts water and granulated sugar on medium until the sugar is fully dissolved.Ĥ: Shake like you mean it. Reposados are aged for more than two months but less than a year, making them juuust right.Ģ: To quote Demitri himself, “When in doubt, add more tequila.” You have our permission to put that on a T-shirt.ģ: Like it sweeter? Add agave nectar to complement the agave of the tequila or make a simple syrup-which is even simpler than you think. ![]() Reposados have more flavor than silver varieties, and they’re less sweet and less expensive compared to añejos. There are four categories of tequilas (the ones made in Jalisco, remember?): blanco or plata (white or silver), añejo (aged), extra añejo, and reposado (rested). Practice makes perfect, and we’ve practiced a lot.ġ: Go for a mid-level reposado tequila. Give it a really good shake in a cocktail shaker and add in your sweetener of choice until it’s perfect.ģ: Fill your glass with ice, add the liquid mixture, and top with some lime. Dip into a bowl of salt (or level up with Demitri’s Margarita RimShot).Ģ: Mix tequila, lime juice, triple sec, and ice. Here’s our go-to for a basic (but never boring) margarita:ġ ounce lime or 2 ounces Demitri’s Margarita Mixįor a sweeter drink: agave nectar or simple syrupġ: Gently moisten the rim of your glass with the lime wedge. Now that you’ve got your ingredients, let’s make some margs. It’s multi-dimensional and multi-level delicious. Known and beloved under the brand name Cointreau, triple sec is an orange-flavored liqueur that adds fruity, sweet, and bitter flavors to your margarita. After all, a marg with bottled lime is better than no marg at all.ģ: Triple sec. Fresh is best, but if you’re in a pinch, 100% bottled lime juice works. ![]() You gotta have lime in your margarita, and plenty of it. Otherwise, you’re drinking mezcal-the name for any liquor distilled from agave.Ģ: Lime juice. ![]() Here’s a fun fact to pull out at your next cocktail party: Tequila is only tequila if it comes from the areas surrounding Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico. Whether you love it frozen or extra spicy, at its core, a margarita-Spanish for daisy-has three ingredients: tequila, lime juice, and triple sec. Read on to make happy hour a little happier. We love Bloody Marys for brunch, but there’s just something about a marg on Taco Tuesday (or any day ending in “y”). Nope! We’re letting you in on a little secret: Bloody Marys aren’t the only boozy beverage we’ve perfected. You might be thinking that we’ve confused Bloody Margarets (aka Red Snapper) with margaritas.
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