To salt or not to salt, that is the question. And the answer is, “Heck yeah, salt!” If you agree, find out how to salt the rim of your margarita glass here with a step-by-step photo tutorial.
Want to salt the rim of your cocktail glass? You definitely don’t need a fancy glass-rimming kit to get the job done (but if you want one, we love this one). A dish, some salt and a lime wedge are all you need to rim a glass for your next margarita.
Scroll down to read more about how it all comes together or click here to jump straight down to the recipe.
How To Salt The Rim Of A Glass
Step #1
Some people say you should chill your glass before rimming. If you remember ahead of time, go for it. In my life, margaritas are pretty spontaneous so I know well that a room-temperature glass works too.
If you’re doing a bunch of margaritas and/or if you have that glass-rimming kit mentioned above, you’ll want to juice some limes and put the liquid on a rimmed plate or into the rimmer where it says “lime juice”. If you’re just making a few, do this.
Get yourself a quarter of a lime.
Step #2
Cut a notch in the lime.
See the notch?
Step #3
Run that notch all around the glass.
All the way around.
Till it’s good and wet like this.
Step #4
Put some salt in a dish that is bigger than the diameter of your glass. What kind of salt? Here we’ve used kosher. But find out what we discovered in our rim-salt taste-test here.
Step #5
Tip the glass over into the salt. Now, I always do this like a cookie cutter, twisting it around.
But I know other people say that this method leads to salt getting on the inside of the glass and then falling into your drink. I like a bit of salt in my drink so I don’t mind. If you do mind, what you do instead is to hold the glass at an angle such that only the outside planes of the glass touch the salt.
Step #6
Done! Hold it up and admire your salted handiwork.
Margarita Recipes
Now that you know how to prep the margarita glass, find out how to pick the perfect tequila and then use your knowledge to make one of the cocktail recipes below.
How to Salt the Rim of a Margarita Glass
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 1 minute
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
Ingredients
- 1 lime
- a glass
- kosher salt
- a dish that is bigger in diameter than the glass
Instructions
- If you remember ahead of time, chill your glass. If you’re doing a bunch of margaritas and/or if you have a glass-rimming kit, you’ll want to juice some limes and put the liquid on a rimmed plate or into the rimmer where it says “lime juice”. If you’re just making a few, do the following.
- Get yourself a quarter of a lime. Cut a notch in the fruit part of the lime quarter.
- Run that notch all around the rim of the glass until the glass rim is really wet.
- Put some salt in the dish. What kind of salt? Here we’ve used kosher. But find out what we discovered in our rim-salt taste-test here.
- Tip the glass over into the salt. Now, I always do this like a cookie cutter, twisting it around. Other people say that this method leads to salt getting on the inside of the glass and then falling into your drink. I like a bit of salt in my drink so I don’t mind. If you do mind, what you do instead is to hold the glass at an angle such that only the outside planes of the glass touch the salt. Done! Now, where’s that tequila???