

In addition to the plutonium green appearance and the fake lime flavour it’s got a weird saline aroma. 0 Signe It’s glowing! Where’s the Geiger counter? Brand Two is absolutely awful. I would say that Brand Two reminds me of a cheap bar mix. There’s not enough lime, and then they’ve given it a crazy bright green colour. ★ TOTAL: 3.5 starsīlack Fly Tequila Margarita 4 X 400 mL, $10.95, available in Ontario at the LCBO, Jais I can taste the alcohol, but after that it’s very artificial. Plop plop fizz fizz: Brand One reminds me of Alka Seltzer. This could be for your hangover breakfast. A true margarita should never be carbonated. ★½ Christine Yeah - or Ting, or Limonata.

I have a 17-year-old daughter, and I wonder about young people quickly going through these … ★ Signe Yes, you can barely taste the alcohol - do you know how dangerous this kind of kiddie pop-type product is for a 17-year-old? Brand One is like fizzy artificial pop. Brand One is for people who don’t like the real thing. There must be some alcohol in here, but I don’t taste much. Article contentĮl Jimador Margarita 4 X 354 mL, $9.95, available in Ontario at the LCBO, Jais It’s a very light colour, like lemonade, and carbonated, with a terrible chemical smell.

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Still another variant cites Rita Hayworth as the muse in question. Head barkeep Santos Cruz wanted to mix something special for singer Peggy Lee, hence “margarita,” the Spanish version of her name. Alternatively, the margarita was conceived at the Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas, in 1948. Another version proposes that the drink was born a few years earlier, as a tribute to a showgirl friend of bartender Carlos “Danny” Herrera, who worked at the Rancho La Gloria Hotel near Rosarito. The first person to taste the concoction was a daughter of a dignitary, Margarita Henkel, and the drink was named after her. Bartender Don Carlos Orozco created a mixture of equal parts tequila, orange liqueur and lime, and served it over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. According to the most popular story, the eponymous drink was invented in Ensenada, Mexico, in 1941, in Hussong’s Cantina. There are at least four creation myths surrounding the margarita cocktail. History records suggest that it happened down Mexico way, but after that events remain unclear. Join the conversation Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia File Photo Article content
