Thread: Cinco de Mayo

The blender is calling - Margarita time! My favorite:
Patron Silver
Grand Marnier (no Triple sec)
Lime juice
Mix 3:2:1 tequila, Marnier, juice - just enough ground ice to float the liquid and plenty of salt on the rim. Joy.
What's your favorite?

shot and a beer .... whatever happens to be in the cabinet and the fridge .

My go to:

Fresh lime juice, 100% agave silver (blanco), cointreau (or controy)
1:1:1

Also fun

1 lime zest
1 C fresh lime juice
1 C cointreau
1 C el tesoro or other silver tequila
1 bottle chapagne
Sugar if wanted

Fridge for an hour strain and serve

Not mine, but my favorites

Originally Posted by wescap34

The blender is calling - Margarita time! My favorite:
Patron Silver
Grand Marnier (no Triple sec)
Lime juice
Mix 3:2:1 tequila, Marnier, juice - just enough ground ice to float the liquid and plenty of salt on the rim. Joy.
What's your favorite?

This is great, but I always like to add a dash of fresh orange juice. Rounds the whole thing out quite nice.

to bad im stuck under GO1 maybe this exercise will endex and i can have a coldy tonight when i get home

My method is three shots of tequila gold, two shots of Grand Marnier or Cointreau and the juice of two limes. Chuck in a handful of ice and shake well.

This serves two by the way, or one, if you're thirsty..!

Cinco de Mayo's come and gone, but I'm still killin' these margaritas! Always rocks, no salt.

I learned this way in Mexico and it does the trick:

2 parts Tequila
1 part Cointreau
1 part fresh lime juice
1 part simple syrup

Recently I tried this recipe, but I don't know...

2 oz. tequila
Juice of one lime
2 tsp. of Agave Nectar

When I'm lazy I'm not above the pre-made mix stuff, and I do a 50-50 ratio of tequila-to-mix.

The problem with the second one is I've got to squeeze the damn lime into the glass because it's not a measurement! How much juice is in a lime? What if it's a little lime? Why not just say, "To taste"?

I use blanco in my 'ritas and I'm working on a bottle of Herradura now. It's pretty good, and you can definitely sip it if you like. Hornitos is also a good bottle. Personally, the agave flavor (which is that really sweet, almost vanilla-ish flavor) is the best part of both tequila and a 'rita, and the reposados and anejos mask it with the oak flavors.

I'm not huge on traditional margaritas. I like a bunch of tequila, a little margarita mix, a splash of water and maybe two or three cubes of ice. I go by eye.

Also, the fantastic margarita shot - splash of mix, shot of tequila, splash of mix layered in a shooter glass.

These days, however, I prefer to just sip tequila. I got the gf some Herradura Anejo and we share it.

i jumped the gun this year and made a whole bunch of margaritas on the 4th... by the 5th i was no longer in the mood for them