The Margarita, which is one of the most popular cocktails in a bar today and is perhaps the most drunk cocktail, especially in the USA, likely has its origins in the popular Daisys of the 19th century: The Brandy Daisy, for example, is made from brandy, orange liqueur and sugar syrup and lime juice mixed together - if you replace the brandy with tequila, the whole thing becomes a margarita! This thesis is supported by the naming: The English word "daisy" means nothing other than "daisy" - and exactly the same means "margarita" in Spanish...

Of course, there are a number of stories related to the creation of this popular cocktail. Perhaps the best known is that of Margaret James, nicknamed Margarita, who was a socialite of Dallas, Texas. For Christmas 1948, she and her husband Bill invited their friends to Acapulco and served them the tequila and cointreau-based cocktail she had created especially for the occasion at the pool bar of their property. Hollywood stars like Lana Turner and John Wayne later enjoyed this refreshing drink, which soon became a bestseller in the United States (and elsewhere).

Another version mentions Daniel "Danny" Negrete as the inventor of the margarita, who ran the bar at the Garci Crespo Hotel in Puebla, Mexico, with his brother David. He is said to have created this cocktail in 1936 for his brother's bride, Margarita, as a wedding gift the day before their wedding. His recipe for this drink was very simple: a third each of tequila, triple sec and lime juice, all stirred and served over crushed ice.

Also well known is the story of Enrique Bastate Gutierrez, who worked as a bartender at the Foreign Club in Tijuana, not far from the Mexican-Texan border, in the early 1940s. At the time, a beautiful dancer by the name of Margarita Cansino worked in this club. Gutierrez fell head over heels in love with her and created this cocktail in her honor, which he gave her name to. – Admittedly, Gutierrez seems to have had little use of his creativity, because nothing was ever heard of him again later. The dancer, of course, gave herself a stage name soon after, under which she became world famous: Rita Hayworth!

Perhaps one also has to credit the invention of the margarita to one of the most famous bartenders of all time: William J. Tarling, in his famous 1937 Café Royal Cocktail-book, gives the recipe for a cocktail called a "picador", made from two parts tequila, one part Lime juice and a part Cointreau is mixed together - basically the basic margarita recipe! And Tarling wasn't just anyone: he was president of the United Kingdom Bartender's Guild and head barman at the Café Royal, which still exists today as a five-star hotel on London's posh Regent Street.!

These are just a few of the stories about the invention of the Margarita, the list could be continued almost indefinitely.

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