Canchanchara
Older than the Daiquiri
A rustic Cuban ancestor of the Daiquiri, mixing rough aguardiente with honey and lime. Earthy, sweet, and bracingly tart with real heritage in the glass.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Light Rum
- 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz Honey
- 1 1/2 oz Water
Method
Dissolve honey with water and lime juice in a shaker. Add aguardiente or light rum and ice. Shake well and strain into an old fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Traditional Cuban drink attributed to the mambises — guerrilla fighters of the Ten Years War (1868–1878) and War of Independence (1895–1898) — who carried aguardiente, honey, and lime in saddle flasks as a battlefield restorative; long associated with the city of Trinidad and the surrounding Valle de los Ingenios, and traditionally served in a clay jícara. Added to the IBA New Era list in 2020. Per IBA-world.com; PUNCH ("The Original Cuban Cocktail"). Notes: the independence-war history is well-attested but folkloric in its specifics; the drink predates the white-rum era of the Daiquiri and Mojito. BN serves it with light rum in place of the traditional aguardiente de caña.
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