Daiquiri

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(set of 10)

Recipe

  • 2 oz. rum

  • ¾ oz. lime juice

  • ¾ oz. simple syrup

Preparation

  • Shake ingredients with ice

  • Strain into chilled Nick & Nora glass

  • Garnish with lime wedge

Variations

IBA Recipe¹

  • 60 ml White Cuban Ron

  • 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice

  • 2 Bar Spoons Superfine Sugar

Papa Doble⁴

  • 2 oz. white rum

  • ½ oz. maraschino liqueur

  • ¾ oz. lime juice

  • ½ oz. grapefruit juice

Lore

Origin: 1890s in Cuba

Creator: Jennings Stockton Cox²

American businessman Jennings Cox went to Cuba in the 1890s working for a mining company with operations near the costal village of Daiquirí. The story goes that he was throwing a party and ran out of gin. He improvised by adding lime juice and sugar to the local rum to serve to his American guests. In reality, drinks with rum, citrus, and sweetener were already common in Cuba, but Cox documented this combination in his dairy. In 1909, US Navy Admiral Lucious W Johnson tried Cox’s drink while visiting Cuba after the Spanish-American War. He loved it and introduced it at his Washington DC Army and Navy Club, which began its rise to popularity in America.²

While living in Havana, Ernest Hemingway was a regular at La Floridita bar and was famous for his love of Daiquiris. A Hemingway Daiquiri includes maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice and became known as a Papa Doble because he usually ordered a double.⁴

Links & References

  1. IBA Daiquiri. https://iba-world.com/daiquiri/

  2. Brown, D. (2019). Spirits Sugar Water Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World. Rizzoli International Publications.

  3. The History of the Daiquiri cocktail. (2019, April 1). Cocktails for You. https://www.cocktailsforyou.net/single-post/2019/04/01/the-history-of-the-daiquiri-cocktail

  4. Krieger, D. (2013, September 28). Hemingway Daiquiri. PUNCH. https://punchdrink.com/recipes/hemingway-daiquiri/