Daiquiri
Rum, lime, sugar. Nothing else, and nothing missing.
Ingredients
- 60 ml White rum
- 25 ml Limes
- 15 ml Sugar syrup
Method
Shake hard for 12 seconds, double strain into a frozen coupe.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Lime wheel
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward and sweetened
If you're missing something
- Sugar syrup → Agave syrup — slightly sweeter, so use a little less
- Sugar syrup → Honey — loosen with warm water first; adds its own flavour
Where it comes from
Named after a beach and iron mine near Santiago de Cuba. An American mining engineer, Jennings Cox, is generally credited with the drink around 1898. Hemingway later made the frozen version at El Floridita famous.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .