“Margarita: It’s more than a girl’s name.” – Jose Cuervo 1945
Just like everyone has a terrible experience with Tequila everyone has a Margarita recipe.
So let’s quickly clear up the thing you read in every single article about Tequila. The reason you had a bad experience in college with “Tequila” and called your ex angry-crying and sent a few, a couple, okay, a lot of SnapChat dick pics is because you were not drinking “Tequila“. You were drinking a concoction that was at minimum 51% “Tequila”, and 49% whatever was the cheapest shitty liquor/grain alcohol to cut with so that the distiller can advertise as a Tequila in America without actually creating a complete product.
Tequila can only truly be called “Tequila” when it comes from one of the five designated states in Mexico that have the government designation to make and produce it. Just like Champange from Champagne, Tequila is only “Tequila” from the state of Jalisco and limited municipalities in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas.
“But William, I don’t care about history, I just want to make a good Margarita and get drunk off whatever shitty stuff is buried in my bar cart in my 400 sq. ft. downtown loft apartment. Can you tell us the recipe now?”
I’ll feed you baby birds.
William’s Rosemary Cit-Tres Margarita
Pre-Prep
Craft your Rosemary Simple Syrup: Take 1 Cup of Water and add 1/2 Cup of Sugar into a sauce pan. Make sure that Sugar is dissolved with the water and turn up the heat but do not boil. Once you see some steam coming from your saucepan add a sprig or two of Rosemary (Or however many you want, I’m not your Dad, and I’m not there to smack those sprigs out of your hand). Simmer and stir until your liquid becomes syrup-y. Set it aside to cool to room temperature and bottle liquid in a container and stick it in your fridge.
Craft your fancy-ass Sugar-Rosemary-Orange Glass Liner: Take a few Rosemary… Leafs? Needles? Bits?… take those things and finely chop them up. Take your Orange and zest some shavings off of it and finely chop those too. Finally place Sugar, Rosemary Bits, and Orange Zest on a plate and mix together. You’ll use a cut lime to coat the outside of your glass and then roll your glass over the mixture in the plate. Voila, fancy liner.
Recipe
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with Ice add 2 Tablespoons of juice from a Lime, Lemon, and Orange.
2. Add 2 Tablespoons of your finely crafted Rosemary Simple Syrup to the shaker.
3. Add 2 oz of 100% Blue Agave Tequila to the shaker. (I recommend Casamigos Blanco because George Clooney dips his hands in each batch.)
4. Add 2 oz of Triple Sec or Cointreau to the shaker.
5. Close your shaker and shake the shit out of it to combine everything.
6. Rim a glass with your fancy-ass liner and fill the glass with Ice.
7. Pour yourself a glass and enjoy.
Cheers Y’all,
William
W Is For Will 
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