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Daiquiri
Three things. Done right
The holy trinity of rum, lime, and sugar in perfect balance. A proper Daiquiri is crisp, tart, and dangerously easy to drink — nothing like the frozen slushie impostor.
Ingredients
- 2 oz White Rum
- 2/3 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 2/3 oz Simple Syrup
Method
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until well-chilled. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Invented by Jennings Cox around 1898 in Cuba's Daiquirí mines. Earliest published recipe in Jacques Straub's Drinks (1914). Per Difford's Guide #611. Refined by Havana bartenders Maragato and Constante Ribalaigua; Admiral Lucius Johnson tried the drink in 1909 and later introduced it to the U.S. Army & Navy Club in Washington, D.C. IBA Unforgettables list.
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