Never stop experimenting! If there is anything that you take away from this blog, it is that idea while having fun with cooking and making drinks. Classic drinks deserve the best ingredients from freshly squeezed juices, homemade simple syrups, or utilizing different liqueurs or spirits for certain drinks or making your own.  The Mandarin is that kind of drink, a classic margarita with some substitutions that makes it distinct from its other margaritas cousins (like the classic or Tommy's Margarita). The Mandarin embraces two differences from the margarita, lemon juice for lime juice, and an incredible Mandarin liqueur from Don Ciccio & Figli.