Blue Margarita
Blue Margarita in a Margarita glass
Blue Margarita served in a Margarita glass with a slice of lime and sugar or salt rim, the common way of presenting that refreshing tequila-cocktail.
Blue Margarita in a Martini glass
Martini glasses with their long and fine bezel are ideal for sugar or salt rims.
Blue Margarita in a cocktail saucer
Another great option for Blue Margarita, a cocktail saucer.
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Alcohol content:
21 % Vol
Type:
Summer
Party
Shortdrink
Taste:
Refreshing
Sour
Palatable
Light
Preparation time:
Country of origin:
Mexico
Event:
Party
Birthday
Sunset
Drinking party
Description
Blue Margarita is an eye-catching variation of the classical Margarita. The blue color is added directly with food coloring or indirectly with blue Curaçao. It's a strong tequila cocktail, you always have to keep in mind that one or two glasses are enough if you don't want to end up fully wasted.
Tequila is refined with Curaçao, lemon juice and a bit of sugar syrup. Because of the acidity, the tequila flavor is hardly notable. However, this refreshing party cocktail doesn't taste exorbitant sour, it's well balanced.
Blue Margarita you can serve for many occasions. Because of its impressive color it's ideal for parties and people with special appreciation of prettiness.
Ingredients
(or Lime juice)
1
6
Measuring unit
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Preparation
Method: Shaking with ice cubes
Bar equipment: Shaker
1.
Sugar or salt rim
A crusta looks really great and complements Blue Margarita perfectly. With a sugar or salt rim it's best practice to start preparing the glasses before you actually begin mixing the drink.
2.
Lemon or lime decoration
We recommend a lemon or lime wedge for decoration. So, cut off a slice of lemon, make a vertical cut in the middle and place it on the glass rim.
3.
Shaking
Next, place tequila, blue Curaçao, lemon juice and sugar syrup along with 2-3 ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake it hard.
4.
Serving
Finally, strain the mixture into the decorated glass with 3 ice cubes and serve it ice cold.
Sugar or salt rim?
60 Participants
Survey
Sugar or salt rim, what is your favorite for Blue Margarita?
Sugar rim (19%)
Salt rim (76%)
Without (5%)
Do you like salt rims?
Yes (88%)
No (12%)
Do you like sugar rims?
Yes (42%)
No (58%)
Our survey shows that there are some people out there preferring a salt rim and for most of those a sugar rim is not a problem. On the other hand, most of those favoring a sugar crusta don´t like Blue Margarita with a salt rim. Either way, try it out or play safe and serve it with a sugar rim.
It's an American habit to make the crusta only on one half of the rim. Like that you could prepare one half with sugar and the other with salt. Usually with this technique, you leave one half empty that it's possible to drink it without crusta.
In our opinion an entire custa looks better, tastes better and sticks better to the glass. A straw can help for those with an aversion against crustas.
Tips
Fine adjustment
Decoration / Serving
Indeed wine glasses look great, but the glass rim is a bit too short for a long lasting crusta.
Margarita, a Martini or cocktail glass are most appropiate for Blue Margarita. Present it with crusta and a slice of lemon.
A good presentation and an adequate environment are as important as the taste of cocktails. Use our decoration tool to test different decorations and glasses.
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Try out different decorations and glasses with our decoration-tool. Choose the desired options on the right side and your picture will be displayed immediately. Decorations and glasses which we recommend are labeled, but also all "not common" options are available. You can save created pictures for the pdf-download or your menucard.
Classical decorations
Options
What's the best serving suggestion for Blue Margarita?
Glass
Margarita glass
Highly recommended
Cocktail saucer
Martini glass
1
Margarita glass
Recommended
White wine glass short
Red wine glass short
Not common
Cancun glass
Champagne glass short
Champagne flute
Tumbler bellied
Tumbler Whisky
Sugar/Salt rim
Sugar or salt rim
1
-
Highly recommended
Sugar or salt rim
1
Fruity decorations
Lime half slice
1
-
Highly recommended
Lemon half slice
Lemon slice
Lime half slice
1
Lime slice
Not common
Celery stalk
Cube of cantaloupe
Cube of watermelon
Cucumber (slice)
Kiwi (half slice)
Kiwi (slice)
Kiwi and cherry
Orange (half slice)
Orange (slice)
Orange and Cherry
Orange, Kiwi and cherry
Peach slice
Piece of cantaloupe
Piece of galia melon
Piece of watermelon
Pineapple and Cherry
Pineapple heart
Pineapple heart and cherry
Pineapple with cherry on side
Pineapple, Kiwi and cherry
Pineapple piece
Skewer Orange-Cherry (half slice)
Skewer Orange-Cherry (slice)
Strawberry
Zest lemon (piece)
Zest lemon (twisted)
Zest lime (piece)
Zest lime (twisted)
Straws
-
1
-
Not common
Bendy straw black
Bendy straw blue
Bendy straw brown
Bendy straw green
Bendy straw grey
Bendy straw orange
Bendy straw pink
Bendy straw purple
Bendy straw red
Bendy straw white
Bendy straw yellow
Straw black
Straw blue
Straw brown
Straw green
Straw grey
Straw orange
Straw pink
Straw purple
Straw red
Straw white
Straw yellow
-
1
-
Not common
Bendy straw black
Bendy straw blue
Bendy straw brown
Bendy straw green
Bendy straw grey
Bendy straw orange
Bendy straw pink
Bendy straw purple
Bendy straw red
Bendy straw white
Bendy straw yellow
Straw black
Straw blue
Straw brown
Straw green
Straw grey
Straw orange
Straw pink
Straw purple
Straw red
Straw white
Straw yellow
Stirring staff
-
1
-
Not common
Mermaid blue
Mermaid green
Mermaid yellow
Mermaid red
Sea shell blue
Sea shell green
Sea shell red
Sea shell yellow
Sea snail blue
Sea snail green
Sea snail red
Sea snail yellow
Shell blue
Shell green
Shell red
Shell yellow
Starfish red
Starfish blue
Starfish green
Starfish yellow
Stirring stick black
Stirring stick blue
Stirring stick green
Stirring stick red
Stirring stick yellow
Others
-
1
-
Not common
Palm blue
Palm golden
Palm green
Palm red
Palm Silvery
Pinwheel blue-golden
Pinwheel blue-purple
Pinwheel silvery-golden
Pinwheel silvery-red
Umbrella red
Umbrella yellow
Coaster
Napkin white
1
-
Highly recommended
Coaster white
Doily rose garden white
Napkin white
1
Recommended
Coaster black
Coaster blue
Napkin black
Napkin blue
Not common
Coaster brown
Coaster green
Coaster grey
Coaster orange
Coaster purple
Coaster red
Coaster yellow
Napkin brown
Napkin green
Napkin grey
Napkin orange
Napkin purple
Napkin red
Napkin yellow
Environment
Limes 1
1
Highly recommended
Limes 1
1
Limes 2
Limes 3
Recommended
Lemons 1
Lemons 2
Lemons 3
Lemons 4
Not common
-
Apple 1
Apple 2
Apple 3
Berries 1
Berries 2
Berries 3
Cantaloupe melon 1
Cantaloupe melon 2
Cantaloupe melon 3
Cherries 1
Cherries 2
Cherries 3
Coffee Beans 1
Coffee Beans 2
Coffee Beans 3
Coffee Beans 4
Cork 1
Cork 2
Cork 3
Cucumber 1
Cucumber 2
Cucumber, Mint, Lemon 1
Cucumber, Mint, Lemon 2
Egg 1
Egg 2
Egg 3
Egg and Lemon 1
Fruits 1
Fruits 2
Fruits 3
Galia melons 1
Galia melons 2
Galia melons 3
Grapefruit, orange and lemon
Green grapes 1
Green grapes 2
Green grapes 3
Green grapes 4
Lemon and Cherries
Mangos 1
Mangos 2
Mangos 3
Orange, lemon and cherry 1
Orange, lemon and cherry 2
Oranges 1
Oranges 2
Oranges 3
Oranges 4
Peaches 1
Peaches 2
Peaches 3
Pears 1
Pears 2
Pears 3
Peppermint 1
Peppermint 2
Peppermint 3
Peppermint 4
Pepper, salt and tabasco 1
Pepper, salt and tabasco 2
Pepper, salt and tabasco 3
Pineapple 1
Pineapple 2
Pineapple 3
Pineapple 4
Pomegranates 1
Pomegranates 2
Pomegranates 3
Raspberries 1
Raspberries 2
Raspberries 3
Red grapes 1
Red grapes 2
Red grapes 3
Red grapes 4
Shells
Strawberries 1
Strawberries 2
Strawberries 3
Watermelon 1
Watermelon 2
Watermelon 3
Background
-
1
-
1
Blue
Bright green
Brown
Green
Grey
Orange
Purple
Red
Turquoise
Yellow
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