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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Will you be celebrating the margarita?
Feb. 22 marks a day of celebration for the most popular cocktail in the U.S. — the Margarita. National Margarita Day celebrates the tasty tequila based concoction. Here are a few impressive facts about this classic cocktail:
The Margarita was the most popularly ordered drink in 2008, representing 18% of all mixed drink sales in the U.S. The Martini, Rum and Cokes, Vodka and Tonics, and the Cosmopolitan all came after. (Source: Cheers On-Premise Handbook 2008)
On average, Americans consume a whopping 185,000 Margaritas per hour. (Source: Brown-Forman, 2008)
The U.S. is the number one tequila market. (Source: Cheers On-Premise Handbook 2008)
If you enjoy your cocktails, there is only one way to really celebrate the day right and that would be with a margarita in hand.
Looking for places to go order a good margarita out? Here is a link to our five top margaritas.
Looking to mix a margarita from the comfort of your own home? Here’s the “Classic Margarita” courtesy of the “Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide.”
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. tequila, 1 oz. Cointreau, 1/2 oz. lime juice, lime wedge, for garnish
Instructions: Shake the tequila, Cointreau and lime juice with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed cocktail glass, or a salt-rimmed ice-filled margarita glass. Garnish with lime.
If you have an interesting recipe that’s a variation on the classic margarita, we’d love to hear about it. Ditto if you know of any places that mix a killer margarita in or out of town.
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