{"id":2144,"date":"2022-07-25T09:28:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T09:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themixer.com\/en-uk\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:44:44","slug":"national-margarita-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themixer.com\/en-uk\/learn\/national-margarita-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Love National Margarita Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, <\/span>National Margarita Day<\/span>, how we love thee! To be fair, we don’t really need a proper occasion to get excited about this delightful drink, but we do dig that there’s a proper date to go full-on bananas over it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wondering what the whole deal is? Here’s the skinny…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is National Margarita Day?<\/h2>\n

Exactly what it says – a special day on the annual celebratory calendar that has been earmarked for Margarita<\/a> lovers to raise their favorite cocktail to toast, well, their favorite cocktail.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When is National Margarita Day?<\/h2>\n

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Another question that is frequently on cocktail aficionados minds is what day is National Margarita Day exactly? We get that – the internet can be a confusing place sometimes. Especially since different countries celebrate this auspicious occasion on different dates. The short answer is that in the United States we celebrate National Margarita Day on the 22nd of February each year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The timeline of the Margarita Cocktail<\/h2>\n

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It all starts around 1000BC when the first alcoholic drink made from agave was produced by the indigenous people of Mexico, the Aztecs. A while later, in the 1500s, the Spanish who came to this region ran out of their own brandy and started to distil agave to make tequila<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast-forward to 1938, and the Margarita was born. Some folks believe the classic <\/span>Lime Margarita<\/span> recipe was dreamt up by a Mexican restaurant owner who was smitten with a striking Ziegfeld showgirl Marjorie King, who would only ever drink tequila shots due to allergies. So, Carlos (Danny) Herrera came to the rescue and created a zingy drink that she could sip slowly rather than shoot.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other story goes that famous Texas socialite Margaret Sames (also called Margarita) poured the first version of this on-the-rocks cocktail at a house party in Mexico in the 1940s. Or perhaps it was the first shaken for actress Rita Hayworth (whose real name was Margaret) when she visited Tijuana in the same decade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Whatever the case may be, the Lime Margarita remains a classic cocktail to this day, and is delicious both frozen and served on the rocks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interesting\u00a0facts about Margarita cocktail<\/span>\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re looking for some fun facts about Margarita to share with your friends during your celebrations, say no more:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n