Sam Horwitz’s Classic Cocktail Compendium

Margarita

• 2 fluid ounces of blanco tequila¹

  Olmeca Altos Plata, pictured

• 1 fluid ounce of Cointreau

• 1 fluid ounce of fresh lime juice

• ½ pinch of salt² (optional)

Prepare the serving glass. Rim the edge of a larger-sized lowball glass or double old fashioned glass with lime juice and salt, if desired.

Shake all of the ingredients with ice and strain into the prepared glass, with fresh cubed ice. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

The Margarita is probably the most recognizable modern-day daisy-style cocktail besides the Cosmopolitan. Daisies are basically sours with orange liqueur substituting the sugar. They are named for the brandy-based Daisy cocktail. Notably, “margarita” is Spanish for “daisy”.