National Margarita Day!
Happy National Margarita Day!
The Margarita is a delicious, simple, classic cocktail. An excellent choice for a novice mixologist. Perfect for vacationing, summertime, Mondays, and anything in between.
The origin of the Margarita is muddled. Ā There are many who believe the Margarita was first discovered in the late 40ās by Margaret āMargaritaā Sames in Dallas, TX while entertaining during the holidays, while others credit a Juarez Bartender, Pancho with concocting the first Margarita in the early 40ās before immigrating to the US. Ā Johnny Durlesser of LA has also claimed credit, saying he had been making them in the mid-late 30ās, using the Picador recipe featured in the UKās Bartenderās Guild Cocktail Book. During prohibition, the Daisy was a popular cocktail ā similar to a modern Margarita, but made with either Brandy OR Tequila āpredating all of the above claims, with no known creator. Ā The theories go onā¦
You can decide for yourself what to believe as there is no ādefiniteā or āwe know for sureā when it comes to the question of who created this go-to tequila drink ā only speculation.Ā Ā No matter what you choose to believe as the origin, I think we can all agree that the Margarita is here to stay, and we love ALL the variations! Ā Below are some āfun factsā for National Margarita day, and a classic recipe. Cheers!
- Margarita, translated in Spanish is āDaisyā
- The word Margarita comes from the latin word Margartari which means āPearlā
- The first known Frozen Margarita was made in 1947 in a blender
- In 1971, Mariano Martinez invented the first Frozen Margarita Machine out of a repurposed soft serve ice cream machine.
- A Picador is a cocktail published in a 1937 UK book of cocktails. It's made the same as a margarita, but without the salt on the rim (sometimes with Lemon)
- Margaritas are often made in a 7:4:3 ratio of Tequila:Triple Sec:Lime Juice, IBA Standard is 10:4:3
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