Summer is here! (Time for a margarita.)

According to businessinsider.com, the #8 best-selling cocktail in the world is the margarita. I’ll bet that jumps to number one or two when it’s hot out, right alongside the similarly made classic daiquiri. The margarita is the perfect refreshing cocktail when you find yourself at a pool party or barbeque. The only issue some people have is that they have no idea how to make a good one. There are usually two types of margarita makers in the world: the ones that buy the pre-made margaritas in a bottle and pour it over ice (heartburn and hangover in a glass), or the ones that use 17 ingredients in a 6 step, 10 minute process to make a margarita for one. I want to discuss the happy medium… a margarita that anyone can make in minutes that has quality ingredients.

The key ingredients in a fresh marg (if you drink enough of them you just end up calling them “margs”) are tequila, fresh lime juice, limes, simple syrup, salt, and ice. If you want to be over-charged for sugar water you can buy pre-made simple syrup at some stores, but it’s just a solution of 50% water 50% sugar. If this already sounds like I surpassed your marg making skills, don’t fret, I’m about to make it easy. A product already exists that contains a perfectly proportioned combination of the lime juice and simple syrup… the world’s best “margarita mix”, AKA “Simply Limeade”, which is found in your grocery store’s refrigerated juice section.