Viva Margarita! How America’s Favorite Cocktail Came to Be
If you happen to be a margarita lover, you in all probability know where to purchase a great margarita! You might even know how to make margaritas. But do you know where and when your favorite frozen refreshment was first concocted?The Mexican margarita is without a doubt one of Mexico’s most prized gifts to the world! Not one other beverage inspires such vivid images of sunny tropical beaches, lively island music, tiki hut bars and that inviting first taste of sweet, salty and sour! This amazing drink has even been turned into a permanent part of popular culture in Jimmy Buffett’s most famous music, “Margaritaville,” and will ceaselessly be related to the slogan “that frozen concoction” and the recurring chant, “salt, salt, salt!”Whereas there are many types of standard and frozen margarita recipe, the tried and true remains the majority margarita fans’ favorite: your choice o proactol reviews f tequila, the freshest possible lime juice (ideally from Key limes), Triple Sec (or the higher-priced Cointreau), and ice…. all served up in margarita glasses whose edges have been coated with salt.So what is the precise beginning of the now much-loved frozen margarita recipe? Anything as popular and near perfect as that frozen concoction that helps us hang is certain to attract a number of people demanding credit for its birth.One extremely popular story is that the original margarita was created way back in the Thirties in Tijuana, at the restaurant of Carlos “Danny” Herrera called Rancho La Gloria. As is commonly the circumstances with new cocktails, the original plan was to veil the harsh taste and burn of the alcohol, in this case, tequila. Since tequila has long been loved with lime and salt, all it took was a complimentary sweet ingredient, and the margarita was born.