For those who don’t know, the best way to prepare the lovely cocktail is, your usual recipe (using cointreau or the much cheaper triple sec) BUT instead of just lemons and sugar or ‘limeade’, put a lemon or two cut in half – pips, skin and all – into your blender, with a cup of water and a few spoons of sugar and whirr away. Put it through a sieve, then pour it into the tequila mix, with the half-crushed ice and the salt-rimmed glasses. But serve and drink it within a half hour or so, before tang starts turning to bitterish.
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