Margarita is a sour and salty cocktail with a bite from the tequila where it ends with sweet orange in the taste. If you have had a long week, this is the perfect choice for your Friday cocktail. According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the margarita is a popular Mexican and American drink, "Daisy" (Margarita is Spanish for "Daisy"), where it is made with tequila instead of Brandy. During the Prohibition era (around the 1930s), this popular drink became famous in the United States, where alcohol was smuggled across the border in large quantities.