History Of The Margarita

Margarita who we, lovingly refer to as the grand lady of cocktails. Just like her exotic combination of flavours the stories of her past as equally exotic and mysterious.   THE LEGEND   As legend has it there are two main contenders for the invention of the Margarita. The first is claimed by a Mexican restauranter “Carlos Danny Herrera”. There are many reports that he created the cocktail in 1938 for an actress called Marjorie King. Marjorie was allegedly allergic to all alcohol other than tequila. (Not a bad problem to have in my humble opinion). To make the tequila more palatable for Marjorie, Carlos combined the traditional tequila shot elements into a salt rimmed glass.   AROUND THE SAME TIME  THE MARGARITA MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN SOCIAL CIRCLES...

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