Daiquiri

Three ingredients, perfectly balanced: rum, lime, sugar.

Category

Cocktails

Glassware

Chilled coupe

ABV

20-24%

Flavour

Tart, Clean, Lightly sweet

Key ingredients

• White rum
• Fresh lime juice
• Sugar syrup

How to make it

Combine 2 oz white rum, 1 oz fresh lime juice and ¾ oz sugar syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake hard for 10-15 seconds until icy cold. Double-strain into a chilled coupe — no ice — and serve immediately while frosty.

Flavour profile

Tart, Clean, Lightly sweet

Origin & history

Daiquirí, Cuba, around 1898, named after an iron-mining village near Santiago.

Serve it in

Chilled coupe

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