It really did start with a great Margarita.  So simple.  3 ingredients.  OK not just 3 ingredients - 3 great ingredients.  Good Tequila, fresh lime juice and Cointreau.  I still come back to this again and again and again.  And yes -  the fresh lime juice matters.

Soon I wanted a more complex cocktail.  What to do?  Well, I can add a flavored Syrup - Hail M of course.  But now the drink is out of balance.  Ack!  So I back off the other sweet ingredient - the Cointreau (or Triple Sec).  Phew!  Back in balance.

I add a great garnish, a little salt on the rim and that's it.  A perfect Margarita that changes with the seasons - and my mood!   Now you have a Maryrita!

Perfect Margarita

.75 oz Fresh Lime

.75 oz Cointreau (Triple Sec)

1.5 oz Silver Tequila 

Build your ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker or Even a jar with a lid.  

Add Ice.  Shake! Shake! Shake!

Dump into a rocks glass or strain into a coupe.  Garnish & Sip!

Blackberry Margarita

.75 oz Fresh Lime

.5 oz Hail M Blackberry Thyme Syrup

.25 oz Cointreau (Triple Sec)

2 oz Silver Tequila 

Build your ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker or Even a jar with a lid.  

Add a fre Blackberries if you have them.  Add Ice.  Shake! Shake! Shake!

Dump into a rocks glass or strain into a coupe.  Garnish & Sip!

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