Daily's Margarita Mix, 64 oz

This is the margarita mix most people picture when they hear the phrase: the familiar 64 ounce jug that lives on a kitchen counter next to a blender rather than on a bar rail. Daily's leads with lime and carries a little orange behind it, and the balance runs tart-forward, with just enough sweetness to round the edge off. That's the taste most American home drinkers grew up calling a margarita.

The size is the reason to buy it. One jug fills a blender several times over, which makes it a party bottle more than a two-drink bottle. Two parts mix to one part tequila over ice in a salted glass is the standard starting point, and you can adjust from there; run it through a blender with ice for a frozen round.

It also works on its own. Poured over ice and lengthened with soda water and a lime wedge, it makes a tart non-alcoholic cooler for anyone at the table who isn't drinking.