Varying in color depending on the fruit used and with a tangy, fruity and slightly sweet taste, this cocktail is served in a Martini-style glass.
The Daiquiri is a Short Drink (Small quantity, High in alcohol, Served without ice) and a Sour (Alcohol + acidic element + sweet element, here Cane Sugar Syrup). It is one of the official cocktails of the IBA (International Bartenders Association).
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Classic recipePour 4 cl of White Rum (ideally Cuban Rum), 2 cl of fresh lime juice and 1 to 2 cl of Cane Sugar Syrup (depending on the consumer's taste for sweetness) into a shaker with ice. Serve in a chilled Martini glass. Fruity RecipeThe taste of the Daiquiri can be freely modified by going from 4 to 5 Cl of Rum and adding 2.5 Cl of fruit juice. |
The invention of the Daiquiri is generally attributed to Jennings Cox, an American mining engineer working in Daiquiri.
The Daiquiri takes its name from the village of DaiquirÃ, located east of Santiago de Cuba. It was a mining region where many American engineers worked at the end of the 19th century.
The cocktail is said to have been introduced to social clubs in Santiago and later to Havana. It became popular at the famous Havana bar El Floridita, where it was perfected.
The famous writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Cuba in the 1930s and 1950s, became a great fan of the daiquiri. Being diabetic, he created his own version, the "Hemingway Daiquiri," with a double portion of rum, no sugar, but grapefruit juice. It is said that he could drink ten of them in a row at the El Floridita bar.
After World War II, it became a classic in cocktail bars around the world, thanks in particular to the tiki boom and the craze for tropical cocktails.
