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Cheata Rita Pitcher

Cheaper spring break brands of tequila are plenty good enough for mixing with tangy sour juices and margarita mix. To prove this point to ourselves and save some money, we set up a blind Cheata Rita taste test, comparing regular cheap tequila with fancy top-shelf $45-a-bottle brands. Honestly, we could not taste a difference. You’re probably thinking that we’ve oversmoked our taste buds, and you may be right. If so, that’s money in the bank, as we’re now saving the good stuff to pour over ice. We say go economy on the tequila and perk up the margarita mix with fresh lime and orange juices.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 12 servings

Ingredients

One 750-ml bottle tequila
One 750-ml bottle margarita mix
1 cup fresh lime juice (reserve the wedges)
1 cup fresh orange juice
Kosher salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    COMBINE the tequila, margarita mix, and juices in a gallon-size pitcher.

    Step 2

    MOISTEN the rims of glasses with the lime wedges you squeezed for juice. Sprinkle some kosher salt on a saucer. Spin the glass rims in the salt. Fill the glasses with ice and pour the Rita mixture over the ice.

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