Looking for spicy but refreshing? This riff on The Original Margarita features cool cucumber and spicy jalapeno. The Original Margarita was created when Dallas socialite Margarita Sames mixed her two favorite spirits, Cointreau and tequila, together with lime juice while vacationing in Acapulco. This original recipe has stood the test of over 70 years' time.
Ingredients
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz blanco tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
3 cucumber coins
2 slices of jalapeno
Tools
Old fashioned
Shaker
Jigger
Hawthorne strainer
Muddler
How to Mix
Muddle cucumber coins in a shaker
Add all other ingredients to shaker with ice
Shake and fine strain into rocks glass over ice
Garnish with cucumber ribbon and a few jalapeno slices
The Cosmopolitan was created by Toby Cecchini in New York City at The Odeon in 1988. Cecchini took an existing, imperfect cocktail making the rounds in San Francisco and added Cointreau and fresh juices, establishing the elegant recipe that tipped the world into the modern craft cocktail movement. This blush pink cocktail has an established history as one of the most well-known classic cocktails, and certainly the most iconic drink to emerge from the 80s. A mainstay at top bars around the world, The Cosmopolitan has influenced pop culture - from the big screen to fashion runways - and remains a cocktail of choice for tastemakers worldwide.
The Original Margarita was created in 1948 when Dallas socialite Margarita Sames mixed her two favorite spirits, Cointreau and tequila, together with lime juice while vacationing in Acapulco. This original recipe has stood the test of over 70 years' time. As Margarita Sames said, "A Margarita without Cointreau is not worth its salt."