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- Wall Street Journal
How to Make a Margarita That Means Business
The Margarita is the most popular cocktail in the U.S. Likeable. Fun. Why mess with that highly copacetic situation by overthinking it?
Maybe because you take tequila, the cocktail's base, seriously. For decades, the Mexican spirit found its American home in shot glasses and frozen-drink machines. But the cachet of tequila, as well as that of other agave spirits such as mezcal, has grown considerably in recent years.