Learn how to make your own margarita mix in a few minutes with a handful of simple ingredients. It's done in 15 minutes and you can make it ahead of time.
TIP: make sure to choose ripe fruit that are soft (but not too soft). If fruit is not ripe enough, it will not yield much juice.
Heat up a cup of water and stir in sugar until dissolved to get simple syrup.
Squeeze juice from lemons, limes, and oranges. (If you use a juicer, you will get more juice out of each fruit.)
Optional: run freshly squeezed juices through a fine mesh strainer to get excess pulp out.
Combine citrus juices and simple syrup in a large glass jar and stir to mix.
Close the jar with a lid and refrigerate until ready to use.
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Storing:Make sure to store your homemade margarita mix in the refrigerator and use a a glass jar with an air-tight lid. Properly stored, it should last 5-7 days.
Use Freshly Squeezed Fruit Juice! Fresh will truly taste the best. Although, it might be way easier and tempting to get a bottle of lime juice from the store, I strongly advise against it. The taste will not be the same as freshly squeezed citrus juice.
How To Pick Ripe Citrus: Pick up the lime and give it a gentle squeeze, if it feels too hard, it is not ripe enough and will not give you much juice. If it feels too squishy, it is probably starting to rot. A good, juicy citrus will have some givewhen you squeeze but still feel firm. Smell the lime and if it have a distinct lime scent, it is ripe. Unripe limes have no to barely any scent and over-ripe lime will start to give off strong and funky smell. The skin of the ripe limes and lemons will also be shinier and smoother than the skin of un-ripe ones. Lastly, feel the weight. Unripe limes (lemons, and oranges) weigh less and almost feel hollow. These limes will not give you much juice at all. Ripe citrus weight more than unripe.
To make a margarita, you will need 3-4 oz of margarita mix, 2 oz of your favorite tequila, and 1 oz of orange liqueur like Triple Sec of Cointreau. You can add a little more or a little less margarita mix depending on how strong you want the tase to be.