Daiquiri

White rum, lime and sugar, shaken hard and served straight up: three ingredients, nothing to hide.

• White rum60 ml
• Lime juice25 ml
• Simple syrup15 ml
• Lime wheelto garnish

Shake the rum, lime and syrup with ice until well chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a lime wheel.

CREATED

1898

CREATOR

Jennings Stockton Cox

STATE

Cuba

LOCATION

Daiquirí, Cuba

The Daiquiri was created in 1898 by Jennings Stockton Cox, an American engineer working the iron mines near the town of Daiquirí in eastern Cuba. He mixed Bacardi rum, limes, sugar and ice; engineer Francesco Domenico Pagliuchi suggested naming it after the town. Admiral Lucius Johnson carried the drink to Washington’s Army & Navy Club, and it first appeared in a cocktail book in Jacques Straub’s 1914 Drinks.