The is the most common of Tequila -based Cocktail s. In other languages, is the Latin word for Pearl ; and Spanish for the Daisy flower, which is also the name of a similar cocktail.
- To most people, the Margarita is always served with a salt rim on the glass. Bartenders specializing in tequila have the opinion that salt hides the inferior flavour of bad Margaritas made by not-so-good tequilas. For people who insist on a salt rim, the bartender typically only coats half the glass, so that they can still taste the drink without being obscured by the salt's taste.
- ---Reference: ''(Julio Bermejo, Tommy's Bar, San Francisco )''
Fruit juices can also be added to a Margarita. Examples of such combinations that go well are:
- Lime juice with raspberry.
- Strawberry or peach, with lemon juice.
However, note that fruit Margaritas are not part of the definition of a typical "Margarita".
There are 4 main contenders for the title of creator of the Margarita Cocktail.
- Danny Negrete (invented 1936)
- ---According to Salvador Negrete, the son of Daniel Negrete, the family story goes that Daniel opened a bar at the Garci Crispo hotel with his brother, David. The day before David's marriage, Daniel presented the Margarita as a wedding present to Margarita, his sister-in-law.
- ---It was a combination of one-third Triple Sec, one-third Tequila and one-third squeezed Mexican lime juice. The drink was not blended and was served with hand-crushed ice. (Reference: ''retrieved from {Link without Title} '').
- ---Ratios: 1:1:1 = 6:6:6 (33% tequila, 33% Triple Sec, 33% fresh lime juice).
- Francisco 'Pancho' Morales (invented 4th of July, 1942)
- ---In Texas , a bartender, Pancho Morales invented the Margarita on July 4, 1942, at a Juárez bar named Tommy's Place. Supposedly, a woman requested a Magnolia ( Brandy , Cointreau , and an egg yolk topped with Champagne ). Morales was a little fuzzy on the recipe; he improvised and his ersatz creation was a big hit. (Reference: ''"The Man Who Invented the Margarita," TM, October 1974.'')
- Carlos ”Danny” Herrera (invented 1947–48)
- ---"Carlos "Danny" Herrera mixed a jigger of white tequila with lemon juice and triple sec, creating a smooth and salty concoction he named "Margarita", in October/November of 1947/1948
- ---The bar was Rancho La Gloria, midway on the old road that connected Tijuana with Rosarito Beach. A showgirl and sometime actress who called herself Marjorie King was one of the customers, who was allergic to hard liquor, except for tequila, but she didn't like to drink it straight or even with a lemon and salt.
- ---Mr. Herrera started experimenting and came up with a concoction that was three parts white tequila, two parts Cointreau and one part fresh lemon juice. He added shaved ice and blended the mixture with a hand shaker.
- ---Ratios: 3:2:1 = 6:4:2 (50% tequila, double as much Triple Sec than fresh lime juice).
- Margaret Sames (invented: December 1948)
- ---Sames who created the drink at her Acapulco gave the reason of being "close with a lot of famous hotel and restaurant people" in introducing the Margarita. (Reference: ''Today's Columbus Woman, June 1994'').
- ---"Sames used one part Cointreau, three parts tequila and one part lime juice for her Margarita. Knowing that most people drank tequila preceded by a lick of salt, she chose to garnish her cocktail with a rim of coarse salt. (Reference: ''America’s Cocktail by Robert Plotkin; retrieved from {Link without Title} '').
- ---Ratios: 3:1:1 = 6:2:2 (60% tequila, 20% Triple Sec, 20% fresh lime juice).
According to William Grimes, author of "Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail (Hardcover)", and regular columnist for the New York Times, there are plenty of people who recollect drinking Margaritas in the 1930's, so it is safe to assume that the Margarita was not invented anytime after 1940.
- = 6:3:3 (50% tequila, 25% Triple Sec, 25% fresh lime juice).
- = 6:4:2 (50% tequila, 33% Triple Sec, 17% fresh lime juice).
- = 6:2:2 (60% tequila, 20% Triple Sec, 20% fresh lime juice).
- = 6:6:6 (33% tequila, 33% Triple Sec, 33% fresh lime juice).
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