MEAN MARGARITAS

On the rocks or straight up? With a salt rim or without? However you like your margarita, there is a twist that is guaranteed to plaease in this handy companion to mixing with that most legendary of spirits ? tequila.

From roguish beginnings in Mexico, tequila now graces the most elegant of cocktail, of which the margarita is king. All you need to create a delicious, Classic margarita is a good-quality tequila, orange-flavoured liqueur, and lime. And yet within the boundaries of these 3 basic ingredients you can create an enormous variety of flavours, from Premium margaritas using celebrated rare tequilas, to the fruity Flavoureds such as a Mangorita or Prickly Pear. If you are a tequila aficionado but margaritas are not your tipple of choice try the Substitutions ? well known cocktails with a tequila twist, such as the Tequilini or Tequila Colada

With more than 40 vibrant, tasty recipes, Mean Margaritas, by award-winning mixologist and bestselling author Ben Reed, truly celebrates the cocktail that so captures the spirit of fiesta