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6.      After receiving a media request from Yahoo! Travel regarding hotels with unique margaritas, Las Alcobas is featured today in the “Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Mexico’s Best Margarita Recipes” story for its Margarita Ensenada recipe, shared with more than 34,000,000 unique visitors. You can read the full story here: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/celebrating-cinco-de-mayo-with-mexicos-best-118183998592.html

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Mexico’s Best Margarita Recipes

By Laura Begley Bloom

It’s Cinco de Mayo, which means margarita consumption worldwide will be at an all-time high. In honor of the high holy fiesta, we reached out to a few of our favorite hotels in Mexico to get some creative recipes. From the beaches of the Mayan Riviera to the urban jungle of Mexico City, here are some new takes on the classic. The only thing left for you to decide: salted rim or plain? ¡Salud!

Rosewood Mayakoba, Riviera Maya

The Garden Margarita at Rosewood Mayakoba. (Photo: Rosewood Mayakoba)

On a mile-long white-sand beach just north of Playa Del Carmen, Rosewood Mayakoba is becoming a foodie destination thanks to its new outdoor dining concept, La Ceiba Kitchen & Garden, set up several nights a week at a rustic-chic picnic table in the resort’s garden. The restaurant’s Garden Mixologist gave us the recipe for his highly addictive margarita. 

Garden Margarita

1.5 oz Clase Azul Tequila infused with lemongrass
1 oz fresh lime juice
¾ oz Cointreau          
¾ ounce agave nectar

On the rocks: Pour all ingredients in a shaker and add enough ice to reach ¾ of the shaker. Shake well and serve in a rocks glass with chili powder and/or salt on the rim, and decorate with a slice of lime.

Related: Salud! Make the Perfect Tequila in Six “Easy” Steps

Frozen: Pour all the ingredients in a blender and add approximately 8 ounces of ice cubes. Blend until frozen. Serve in a margarita glass with chili powder and/or salt on the rim and decorate with a slice of lime.

One&Only Palmilla, Cabo San Lucas

The margarita offerings at One&Only Palmilla (Photo: One&Only Palmilla)

On the shores of the Baja Peninsula, the glamorousOne&Only Palmilla just reopened after last fall’s devastating hurricane. In honor of the opening, the resort has three new margarita recipes, including a version with mezcal and a virgin option. Our favorite is the cucumber guava margarita. 

Cucumber Guava Margarita
2 oz tequila
1 oz triple sec
1 slice cucumber
1 large guava (or 5 small guavas)
¾ oz lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup

Instructions: Place ingredients in a blender, top with ice, and blend. Garnish with a rosemary sprig.

Zamas, Tulum

Zamas’s Rosa Espinosa margarita (Photo: Zamas Hotel)

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Laura Begley Bloom

A hotel junkie, Laura has always dreamed of living in one—but until that happens she is happy hopping around the globe. The former deputy editor of Travel + Leisure, Laura has traveled everywhere from Cambodia to Namibia to Easter Island. Journalism is part of Laura’s heritage: her great great grandfather was a Civil War correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

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