Daiquiri

A Daiquiri is one of those classic cocktails that although you might not make very often is one you will want to master as they can be so refreshing and you will always meet someone who has never tried one before.

The Daiquiri is said to have been created by Jennings Cox in the early 1900s, and while this is widely accepted and not disputed by me, I would have to say that the Cubans were probably drinking something very similar long before Cox came along.

It is a little audacious to take a cocktail that has only three ingredients and claim it as your own creation, especially if you are living and working in Cuba at the time. It is fair to say that it was the availability of crushed ice that took this drink to International stardom, before then it would have been very common to find Cubans drinking a mix of Rum, Lime and Sugar.

Named after the mining town of the same name where Mr. Cox was working at the time the Daiquiri is today still the most common cocktail in Cuba, and although not in global vogue in 2024 the Daiquiri remains a nailed-on classic due to its ease of creation and its refreshing qualities thanks to the crushed ice and lime.

The Daiquiri is such a simple recipe that it comes as no surprise that there are almost as many variations of the Daiquiri as there are species of fruit on the planet, you can literally mix in the juice of almost any fruit to create a new variation, or even fruit pieces if you are using a blender.

50ml Light Rum

15ml Fresh Lime Juice

10ml Sugar Syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Before you juice your lime shave off a slice of rind to twist over the finished product. For the garnish place a Lime Wheel on the edge of the glass.