That Frozen Concoction

[miss_yt]

There's only one place nearby that has frozen cocktails, and they're kind of pricey. So I decided to get the necessary equipment to make them for myself. I got a blender at Target - making sure to get one that crushes ice well, and this one did so quite satisfactorily when I tested it - and some margarita mix. Now I need tequila, but I wouldn't know a good tequila if it jumped up and bit me.

So, a question to those more versed in liquor lore than I: what's a good tequila? And a rum would be nice too, as someday I intend to make daquiris.

Comments

[cadmus26.livejournal.com]

Mixing the tequila with margarita mix? Go with the cheapest, since you won't be able to taste the difference.

[miss-yt.livejournal.com]

Ah. For future reference, then, what should I get to put in a good margarita?

[cadmus26.livejournal.com]

Haha. No idea. It all tastes the same to me!

[tempus-aeterna.livejournal.com]

contrary to cadmus26, I can taste a big difference in margaritas (but I drink them straight up no salt). If you are mixing in a blender with ice and margarita mix go with something fairly well priced. I know what is crappy and I know what is good, but I don't know in between. I'll ask master, and maybe ironroot will post, because he knows such things as well. However I would not go with the "cheepest" thing, because you will taste it if it's really, really bad.

[pinesandmaples]

Jose Cuervo is the default brand, but they have a number of varieties. I also see Sauza, Aztek, and El Corazon stocked at bars. The other solution is to swing by a bar and look at their tequila list.

Bacardi and Capt. Morgan's are the easiest to find rums, but UGH. You'll want a light rum for daquiri production.

Or you could just stop by a state store and ask for recommendations based on price or drink.