She is from Mexico and her name is Margarita
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ome say she took her name from a girl called Rita de la Rosa, others say it was from a girl named Marjorie and third say it was a name of a flower... The search for the origin of Margarita is probably one of the most exciting journeys one could take and discover the colourful history of beautiful Mexico with its flavours, aromas and of course the magic world of Tequila.
Well, nobody has discovered the one and only true story, yet!
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he good thing is that one can hear many stories about beautiful women from Texas high society and Baja California, gorgeous movie stars from the 40s who claimed the creation of Margarita. Bartenders were also taking their claim behind the bars with their own stories making the trips to the endless, beautiful beaches of Mexico a life experience for all the costumers at the bars back then.
Margarita Mexicana? Truth is that in Mexico it is a challenge to find a place where they serve Margaritas unless it is a tourist place. It is like a secret that locals are carefully hiding but everyone knows about with a little taste of bitterness in their hearts. As weird as this may sound! I am saying that as there is literarily not even one bar in Mexico that doesn’t have all the ingredients for a perfect Margarita but still...
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here are many things that we can say about this cocktail with certainty that no one can doubt. First of which is that it is the most popular Tequila based cocktail in the world. The other truth is that Margarita was the reason for Tequila to become world known spirit and helping the category by ‘hiding’ the little bit “harsh” taste that tequila had back then. since the 90s Margarita has been and still is in the TOP 5 World’s most famous cocktails, which have helped the spirit also become bartenders ‘best friend’.
MARGARITA = TEQUILA+CITRUS+SWEETENER Margarita belongs to the sour category and not the Martini or any other category.
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ONE THING IS FOR SURE THAT DUE TO JOSE CUERVO MARGARITA BECAME A GLOBAL STAR.
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