I was out of tequila, so I made a Ti’Punch and sweetened it with triple sec. Tried a proper-ish margarita recipe after. Then I tried a bunch of different rums and settled on Isautier rhum blanc traditionnel (see pic), which tastes about halfway between unaged Jamaican rum and agricole blanc, though agricole works great, too. Both rhum traditionnel and rhum agricole match the mineralic, vegetal notes of tequila and the traditionnel I have is not quite as fruity as the agricoles I have.
my recipe (adjust according to how you like your margaritas/daisies/daiquiris/ti’punches):
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26ml rum (rhum traditionnel blanc or rhum agricole blanc with ~50% ABV)
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18ml triple sec (I used 40% de Kuyper)
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6ml lime juice
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serve on ice and stir
Arguably this is more of a Ti’Punch with triple sec than a rum margarita. This style of rum really wants to be drunken without too much dilution IMO, but feel free to make it more similar to a margarita. For what it’s worth, I often drink tequila as a Ti’Punch with tequila instead of rum - I just really like Ti’Punch as a template.
I’m surprised that there isn’t an established cocktail for this “margarita with the spirit swapped for agricole” thing, it seems like a very natural substitution to me. It’s probably due to limited availability of French rum in latin american and anglophone countries.