Margarita

Raise your glass and toast! Salud!

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 ounces  tequila
• 1  ounce lime juice
• 3⁄4 ounce triple sec
• 5  ice cubes
•  lime wedge
•  coarse salt

Directions

1. Moisten rim of margarita glass or martini glass with fresh lime juice.
2. Hold glass inverted and sprinkle salt around the exterior of the glass, over the lime juice (this helps keep salt from getting in the drink).
3. Squeeze a little lime juice into the glass and drop the lime wedge in.
4. Add ice cubes to a cocktail shaker, and top with tequila, lime juice, and triple sec.
5. Cover with lid and shake vigorously.
6. Pour into prepared glass and serve.
7. The 4 Mexican toasts while drinking (1 per round): Salud (health); Dinero (money); Amor (love); and Tiempo para enojarlos (time to enjoy them).
8. Salud!