Margherita Cocktail Recipe

Name: Margherita Cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz Tequila; 1 oz Triple Sec; 1 oz Lime Juice

Origins debated; possibly created in the 1930sâ€“40s in Mexico, with claims from bartender Carlos "Danny" Herrera and socialite Margarita Sames.

Ingredients

2 oz Tequila
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Lime Juice

Method for creating a Margherita cocktail

Shake with ice very hard and double strain into a chilled margarita glass or coupe

Garnish

Lime Wheel

Glassware

Margherita

Ice

No Ice

Nutrition Information for Margherita

Calories: There are 206 kcal in Margherita
ABV: Margherita has an ABV of 28%

Calorie Breakdown for Margherita

Ingredient	Dose	Cal/oz	Calories
Tequila	2 oz	70 cal/oz	140 kcal
Triple Sec	1 oz	60 cal/oz	60 kcal
Lime Juice	1 oz	6 cal/oz	6 kcal
Total			206 kcal

ABV Breakdown for Margherita

Cocktail booziness measures the amount of alcohol in a drink, expressed both as total alcohol volume (ml) and as a percentage of Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of the overall drink size.

Ingredient	Dose	ABV%	Alcohol (ml)
Tequila	2 oz	40%	24.0 ml
Triple Sec	1 oz	30%	9.0 ml
Total alcohol			33.0 ml
Cocktail size			118 ml
ABV = 33 / 118 × 100			28%