A few of my go-to smells include fresh cut grass, a regular at dinner’s aftershave, bacon cooking and tequila. Weird right? But have you ever simply straight up smelled tequila before? (please say yes!) It is the essence of a margarita. It smells how a margarita tastes. It’s sublime. Try it and call me later.

Margaritas are the quintessential Cinco de Mayo beverage.

I’ve made a honey version, cilantro margarita and now a blueberry. Because hello spring! So cheers to Cinco de Mayo being on a Friday and kicking off the weekend with chips, dip and margaritas! (<—still looking into getting t-shirts made)

To Make These blueberry margaritas Set out:

tequila- any silver tequila you prefer
limes- LOTS and lots of limes
blueberry juice
a simple syrup
kosher salt or margarita salt
fresh mint
ice

Making a simple syrup is straightforward. Measure equal parts sugar and water, in this instance it’s 1 cup of both, and add it to a small sauce pan. Heat on medium, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves completely (no need to boil) then allow the syrup to cool completely before storing it in the fridge.

Slice and juice allthelimes.

How many limes does it take to make 2 cups of lime juice? Oh only about 12 to 20. Yep. Hand-squeezed too!

Now comes the fun part. In a large pitcher, pour in 3 cups tequila.

Then pour in 2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice.

And 1 recipe of the simple syrup.

Stir this all together and set off to the side.

Gather your garnishes, glasses and a small plate of kosher salt.

Wet the rim of each glass with a wedge of lime. Then flip the glass over and place the moistened rim into the salt on the plate and twist to coat.

A regular here me a salty marg rim!

Add ice and fill the glass 3/4 of the way with the margarita mixture. Then hold a spoon over the middle of the drink and slowly pour a little of the blueberry juice onto the spoon. In turn, that will then overflow slowly into the drink, creating the layered drink look.

Side note on the blueberry juice. I do purchase an organic blueberry juice. Now, I did online grocery order and while the website said “blueberry juice” but what it actually was more of a blueberry medley. I didn’t have time to head back to the store and it still tasted STANDOUT! I only wanted to let you know, to look for the real deal blueberry juice, it’s out there.

Garnish with a few extra lime slices, blueberries and a sprig of mint.

Sip and dip, my friends! Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Remember to please drink responsibly and don’t ever drink and drive.