DAIQUIRI

Daiquiri: Cuba's Classic Three-Ingredient Rum Cocktail

The Daiquiri was invented in 1898 by American mining engineer Jennings Stockton Cox, who worked at iron mines near the village of Daiquirí in eastern Cuba Wikipedia, approximately fourteen miles from Santiago de Cuba. According to the most widely accepted account, Cox created the drink when entertaining American guests and running low on gin, substituting local white rum mixed with fresh lime juice and sugar over ice Bacardi Limited. The cocktail was named after the nearby village where Cox worked.

The drink remained localized in Cuba until 1909, when Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson, a U.S. Navy medical officer, visited Cuba Wikipedia aboard the USS Minnesota to tour Spanish-American War battlefields. Johnson met Cox, who introduced him to the cocktail. Johnson brought the recipe to Washington, D.C., introducing it at the Army and Navy Club, where it became an immediate success Naval Historical Foundation. The club's bar is still known as the Daiquiri Room.

The Daiquiri gained widespread popularity during the 1940s when World War II rationing made whiskey and vodka scarce, while President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy facilitated rum imports from Cuba and the Caribbean Wikipedia. Cuban bartender Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at Havana's El Floridita bar perfected the drink in the 1930s, creating the frozen Daiquiri and numerous variations Americanprohibitionmuseum. Ernest Hemingway frequented El Floridita, inspiring the Hemingway Daiquiri variation made with grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur ABACAUK.

RECIPE:

2 oz white rum

¾ oz fresh lime juice

½ oz simple syrup (or 1 tsp sugar)

Ice

Method:

1. Add rum, lime juice, and simple syrup to cocktail shaker
2. Fill shaker with ice
3. Shake vigorously until well chilled (15-20 seconds)
4. Strain into chilled coupe glass
5. Garnish with lime wheel (optional)