How to make it
- 1If you want salt, wet half the rim with lime and dip it in fine salt.
- 2Shake everything with ice.
- 3Strain into a chilled coupe.
Garnish: Half a salt rim (optional).
2½ : 1 : ¾
In parts, a Margarita is 2½ tequila, 1 triple sec and ¾ lime. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Tequila · 2½Triple sec · 1Lime · ¾
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By the numbers
Estimated per drink, as served
Tequila ≈ 110Triple sec ≈ 64Lime juice ≈ 4 How we estimate