The classic of all classics. It’s your cocktail baseline – from here you can have endless fun adding different ingredients, inventing interesting garnish options or adding spice to the rim.

Ingredients

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz fresh lime juice (about 1 large lime)
• 1 oz triple sec (such as Cointreau)
• 1/2 oz agave syrup
• Salt for rimming the glass
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. Rim your margarita glass with a lime wedge, then salt to coat the rim.
2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, fresh lime juice, triple sec, and agave syrup. Fill the shaker with ice.
3. Shake the mixture vigorously for as long as you feel like it, but about 20 seconds should get it nicely chilled.
4. Strain the mixture into the prepared glass filled with ice and garnish with a lime wedge.