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Photo: Sarah De Heer
Cinco de Mayo is upon us and what better way to celebrate than with a margarita in your hand. While homemade margarita -- fresh lime juice and all -- is the preferable way to go, sometimes a lack of time and/or a need for quantity has us reaching for a mix. This past weekend, we sat down with good friends, six mixers and a blender to determine the best one.
All of the margaritas were blended with ice and rated on a scale of one to five for sweetness, sourness and the "syrup" factor (in our experience, the more syrupy the mix, the less authentic the flavor, probably due to sugar/corn syrup). We skipped salting the glass rims so we could taste the mix clearly.
So which one of these mixes can actually pass for the real thing? Our picks after the jump.
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