alcohol (margarita) 

In case you were curious about the visual difference between a classic margarita that is gate poured versus one that's double strained, here you go!

This is a simple 2:1:1 ratio of tequila, Cointreau, and freshly squeezed lime juice, shaken hard for ~30 seconds and poured into a chilled coupe half rimmed with salt. Some recipes call for 2:1:0.5:0.5 ratio of tequila, lime juice, Cointreau, and simple syrup; for me that usually depends on what any particular batch of limes are bringing to the party. (In this case they were a little disappointingly lacking in tartness, unfortunately! Not exactly something that extra sweetener could help though.)

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re: alcohol (margarita) 

@gnomon I've been pining for margaritas for a while, I got the Cointreau but not the tequilla. Anyone in particular you use?

re: alcohol (margarita) 

@guysoft we tend to have a blanco, a reposado, and an añejo tequila on hand for different purposes. Usually we tend towards Tromba because it's pretty good and pretty affordable here, but at the moment we're using el Jimador. It's OK!

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