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The BEST Margarita Recipe

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Click the link below to listen to our editor, Christine Pittman, explain briefly how to make this drink , with some great tips along the way. Listen Now!

INGREDIENTS

– Kosher salt – Ice cubes – tequila – lime juice – simple syrup – Triple Sec Get Recipe

If you like it really boozy, not only can you add extra tequila (that’s obvious) but you can use Cointreau instead of Triple Sec for the orange liqueur.

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Decide if you love lime or just like it. Love it, add more. Just like it, add less.

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The way I determined how sweet I like my own margaritas was to make a marg without any sweetener in it.

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You can buy a rim salt. Or you can make a fun one. Or go with kosher salt or coarse sea salt.

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Go out on a limb and add new flavors to you margarita.

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