When life hands you limes, make margaritas!

Largely considered the official drink of having fun, the Margarita was invented in Mexico in 1938. The basic margarita consists of triple sec, tequila and lime juice, but over the years there have been endless varieties concocted in flavors from jalapeño to prickly pear and everything in between. Serve them straight up, on the rocks or frozen - there simply is no wrong way!

The Perfect Classic Margarita Recipe

The best margarita calls for the best margarita ingredients - always use fresh lime juice and high quality tequila & triple sec.

Serves 1

FEBRUARY

Ingredients

2oz blanco tequila

1.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

.5oz triple sec

2 splashes of bitters

Ice

Salt (optional)

1. Decide if you want salt or no salt. If so, rub the rim of your glass with lime, pour some salt on a plate and dip the rim in the salt

2. Fill your glass with ice

3. Measure your tequila, lime juice, and triple sec and bitters into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Cover the shaker and shake for 20 seconds.

4. Strain the cocktail into your glass

5. Enjoy!

FUN FACT: The first Margarita Machine was invented in Dallas in 1971! Mariano Martinez opened Mariano’s Hacienda restaurant in East Dallas, and while the food was amazing, it was his margaritas that kept people coming back for more. Guests raved about these margaritas, but there was one problem. The high demand was creating inconsistent results. Martinez needed a solution. His morning coffee stop eventually resulted in an invention that would change the entire margarita industry. It was a Slurpee machine at a gas station that gave him the idea and not long after, Martinez and his friend, Frank Adams, had transformed an old soft-serve ice cream machine into the first ever frozen margarita machine. Now Mario could serve his guests the perfect margarita every time! Martinez’s original frozen margarita machine can be found at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.