Grand Julio Margarita

The ultimate Margarita. Don Julio Tequila shaken with Orange Liqueur and Fresh Lime.

Grand Julio Margarita

Ingredients

  • 40ml

    Don Julio Blanco

  • 30ml

    Orange Liqueur

  • 20ml

    Lime Juice

  • 1

    Orange Twist (Garnish)

0 units of alcohol per serve

Equipment

  • 1

    Martini Glass

  • 1

    Ice Scoop

  • 1

    Jigger

  • 1

    Tongs

  • 1

    Cocktail Shaker

  • 1

    Hawthrone Strainer

  • 1

    Fine Strainer

Serves:
1

Method

  • Preparation
    1. Shake all the liquid ingredients with Ice.
    2. Fine strain into a chilled Martini Glass.
    3. Garnish with an Orange Twist.
  • Alcohol content

    Alcohol content

    22.4 g per serve

Interesting facts

It's estimated that in America 185,000 Margaritas are consumed every hour.

History of the drink

The Spanish word for "daisy" is "margarita." The daisy's flower head closes at night and opens in the morning, which is said to be a perversion of the word 'day's eye'. And it's likely that the Margarita since the 1930's is a tequila-based Daisy - a family of Victorian-era drinks created with citrus juice and sweetened with syrup or liqueur, and then strengthened with alcohol.