The clean, balanced taste with hints of sweet fruit and pepper is the perfect foundation for the Ultimate Margarita. Tequila – 1800 Silverĭouble distilled from 100% Weber blue agave which has been grown for 8-12 years and harvested at their peak, 1800 Silver combines a special selection of white tequilas blended together for added complexity and character. We spent a day in the orchids learning to spot the ripest fruit, selecting only the best for our special drink. Run by Melbourne couple, Natalie and Glen King, Limeridge Grove supplies limes to everyone from local co-ops to Woolworths, and are only picked when they reach their absolute peak. This proved contentious, and after consulting Proximo Australia’s tequila specialist Hayley Dixon, we decided on limes, before flying with Hayley up Limeridge Grove on QLD’s Sunshine Coast to pick some ourselves. Just weeks after a visit from Australia’s top chefs, we spoke to Bob Buckingham, who has worked for the family for over 50 years, about what makes Olsson’s salt so unique.Īrriving at the citrus department, my preference for our Ultimate 1800 Margarita was lemon it’s how I’ve made and enjoyed Margaritas in the past. A twin prop plane from Adelaide, saw us land in the historic mining town before heading out to the salt farm to see the process first hand. In Australia, one family-owned company represents the pinnacle of salt, Olsson’s Salt Works, located at Whyalla in South Australia. The classic Margarita is synonymous with a salted rim, it’s just not complete without one, nor is it delicious with inferior salt. Seeking such pure water to make ice was the perfect start for our drink. A 2-hour drive from Launceston, the Cape Grim property is exposed to the cleanest rain in the world and is only harvested when Rain Farmer Mike Buckby deems it worthy of being bottled. After consulting many chefs, and industry insiders we were directed to the North Western tip of Tasmania to Cape Grim Water. As the backbone of virtually every cocktail in history, water and thus ice was our first point of call for our Ultimate 1800 Margarita. Ice serves multiple purposes in cocktail creation, it chills glassware, chills the liquid and provides dilution, adding volume and softening the final product. So, what if you started with the absolute best version of each ingredient? We decided to take this concept on a journey across Australia on a quest to create the Ultimate 1800 Tequila Margarita. For a classic cocktail like the Margarita, the result is a polarising showcase of each component – tequila, triple sec, lime, salt, ice. In the world of cocktails, the same concept applies, and with fewer elements going into the finished product, is arguably more important. Talk to any chef, and they’ll tell you that the best meals rely on a combination of the very best ingredients.
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