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So last night there was a Margarita experiment at Daimlerstrasse 32.

The I(nternational)B(artender)A(ssociation) recipe:

• 3.5 cl Tequila
• 2 cl Cointreau
• 1.5 cl Freshly squeezed lime juice

Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass rimmed with salt
(note: Fruit Margarita - blend selected fruit with the above recipe).

 

But I think the best mix is

2 part Tequila

1 part Lemon juice
1/2 part Cointreau

Some thoughts.

Most other recipes (especially American ones) I looked at calls for two teaspoons of sugar (or sirup), though I tried with and without sugar and prefer without.

With the triple-sec (orange liqueur) I think its good to go for quality, like Cointreau for example.
The Lime juice is a lot nicer if its freshly squeezed, also tried with lemon juice from the bottle not as good.
I guess the biggest problem will be the ice, its really big amounts that are needed, one could of course choose between crushed ice or on the rocks (which is a little bit less complicated) but still I think this will have to be seriously considered. I also tried it with just cold water (one part) and a tiny bit of ice, and that was actually really nice. But not as summer afternoon sipp-able, more rough. (Obviously
The salted rim is really nice of course, one thing to do is just to salt half of the rim so people can choose if they wanna sip it with or with out salt.

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But in the end what was the most fun was just to do shots. If we do them 4 cl-sized there should be about 17 shots in one bottle.

Wikipedia always have a nice way of telling the Origins of drinks, this is my favorite of the different propositions that are made on the Margarita page:

There is no solid proof who "invented" the Margarita. The most accepted of all stories is that the Margarita was invented in October 1941, at Hussong's Cantina in Ensenada, Mexico, by bartender Don Carlos Orozco. One slow afternoon, Don Carlos was experimenting with mixing new drinks when a prestigious visitor arrived: Margarita Henkel, the daughter of a German ambassador, who lived with her husband Roy Parodi near the city in Rancho Hamilton. Don Carlos offered the drink to Margarita, and named it after her for being the first person to taste it.  He concocted a mixture of equal parts tequila, orange liqueur and lime, served over ice in a salt-rimmed glass.

Kiss of Death

Rasmus told me about tequila with a snake in the bottle and if one drinks it out of the bottle when youve drank enough the Snake will slip into the bottleneck and kiss the person drinking.

Looking around for more things on it I found a blog with pictures of american-men-on-scuba-diving-vacation. But they did not only scuba dive they also tried the Rattle Snake shot at Gordo's Cantina.
Apparently it's a rite of passage to partake in a rattle snake shot at Gordo's Cantina at la Bufadora. I had already done this once a couple years ago, but was foolish enough to not have it documented or witnessed, thus I was obligated to do another one. The quirky, eccentric bartender simply added to the overall atmosphere of the run-down joint.

 
okay so I think this is a pretty incredible and also to serve tequila out of a jar like this is something we could do.

 

bottle emptied. forever.