The Daiquiri cocktail is an object of admiration for Kennedy and Hemingway. Daiquiri is a family of alcoholic cocktails originally from Cuba.

Homeland: Cuba

History of the cocktail

Version 1: There is a small town in Cuba called Daiquiri, where one of the bars accidentally ran out of gin at the beginning of the 20th century. The resourceful bartender shamelessly replaced it with rum, but in order not to disappoint visitors, he added sugar, lime juice and ice to it. The cocktail named after the Cuban town quickly became popular.

Version 2: During the war with Spain, Gening Cox, an American engineer, was in Cuba (1898), who accidentally ordered a “delicious mixture.” With the light hand of his friend Pagliucci, the inventor named the cocktail “Daiquiri”, in honor of his favorite area, located near Santiago. After the war, the popularity of this drink gained momentum. It began to be served at the Cuban Venus Hotel.

Cox's acquaintance with Lucius Johnson (1909) helped spread the cocktail. The latter studied the history of sailors and immediately became interested in one of the recipes. As a physician, he was struck by the composition for the prevention of scurvy among sailors. In the 18th century, rum and lime helped more than one sailor survive. The doctor described a detailed recipe in his treatise, choosing the ideal proportions of the ingredients. Members of the US Armed Forces appreciated the medicine, the recipe of which soon migrated to bars.

Version 3: The name of the Havana bar “Floridita” (“El Floridita La Habana”) became known throughout the world after bartender Constantin Rubalcaba Werth began preparing a special composition there for Ernest Hemingway. It was the most common sour, but it is known as the Daiquiri cocktail.

Fans: Ernest Hemingway (writer), John Kennedy (president) and many others.

Types and varieties: with and without alcohol in a huge assortment. A lot depends on the fillers here. There are, for example, banana daiquiri, strawberry daiquiri, etc. All of them are united by an invariable postscript in the name - the “Daiquiri” cocktail.

The main proportion of the drink is the ratio of rum, sugar and lime as 9:3:5.

Effect on the body: undoubtedly positive (if you drink in moderation). Vitamin C (from lime) is a powerful tool for the prevention of colds, improves immunity, protects the body from viruses and microorganisms. Moreover, this cocktail is considered an evening drink, that is, it is better to drink it before bed, which means that a small portion of alcohol will help relieve the stress of the day and fall asleep sweetly.

How to drink correctly: from a martini glass in small sips or through a straw.

Price: different everywhere. Depends on the quality of the rum and the bar. Prepared in every bar.

Important:

1. Rum should be light and of high quality. Bacardi, Havana Club, etc. will do.
2. Add sugar to the cocktail without excess. This is especially true for cocktails with liqueurs, such as a banana daiquiri.
3. The sugar syrup in the recipe can be replaced with ordinary sugar sand, which was provided for in the original version.
4. It is permissible to replace lime juice with lemon juice, but if it is possible to purchase lime for a cocktail, then you should not change the ingredients.
5. Ice can be added either to a shaker with all the ingredients, or separately to a glass. When using frozen berries (strawberry daiquiri), no ice is used.

The Daiquiri cocktail is a drink that both gentlemen and ladies will enjoy. It is considered the standard of taste, with ideal proportions of sour, bitter and sweet. However, it is not at all difficult to prepare at home.

Classic recipe

Prepare:

• light rum – 45 ml
• lime juice – 25 ml
• sugar syrup - 15 ml
• crushed ice

This is how you should cook:

Place all ingredients in a shaker, shake vigorously and strain into a glass.

"Banana Daiquiri"

Banana Daiquiri is a sweeter drink. Girls and all young people, in principle, love him.

Prepare:

• white rum – 45 ml
• lime juice - 20 ml
• banana liqueur “Creme De Banana” – 25 ml
• banana – ½ part
• cream - 10 ml
• sugar syrup - 5 ml
• ice – 2-3 cubes

This is how you should cook:

Place all ingredients in a blender, beat and strain into a glass. Banana Daiquiri can be an independent, separate dessert.

"Strawberry Daiquiri"

Strawberry Daiquiri is a women's favorite. There is no one among them who can resist his taste. It is sometimes called the "Frozen Daiquiri" because it can be made with frozen berries. It appeared later than other cocktails, but ahead of many.

Option 1:

Prepare:

• white rum – 45 ml
• lime juice - 25 ml
• sugar syrup - 15 ml
• crushed ice

This is how you should cook:

Option 2:

Prepare:

• white rum – 25 ml
• cognac – 25 ml
• lime juice - 15 ml
• pomegranate syrup "Grenadine" - 2-3 drops
• strawberries – 4-5 pcs. (1 tbsp strawberry syrup)
• crushed ice

This is how you should cook:

Place all ingredients in a blender, beat and strain into a glass. If you are using syrup, you can shake the ingredients in a shaker. And if the berries are frozen, then exclude ice from the composition.

Hemingway's favorite cocktails

"My mojito en Bodegita, my daiquiri en Floridita" ("My mojito in Bodegita, my daiquiri in Floridita"). - Ernest Hemingway liked to say.

Every morning, workers at the Floridita bar in Havana place a freshly prepared daiquiri cocktail in front of the Hemingway sculpture as a sign of respect and memory.
Ernest Hemingway, an easily captivated person and open to everything new and interesting, was a great lover of libations. In any country in which he lived, the writer became a regular at drinking establishments. Bartenders of cafes and bars, seeing their regular visitor from afar, automatically took out a glass for a long drink and began to prepare Hemingway’s “as always.” The most interesting thing is that in each individual establishment the writer had a different “favorite” drink. Bartender Evgeniy Kotyga, a contemporary of Hemingway, testifies that in two bars in Cuba in which he worked at the same time and where the writer was a visitor, he filled orders for two completely different cocktails for Hemingway. One of them was Daiquiri, the other was Mojito.

There were 2 bars in Cuba where Hemingway often visited. In one he drank Daiquiri, and in the second he drank Mojito. It was these rum cocktails that became famous throughout the world as Ernest Hemingway’s favorite cocktails.
The Daiquiri cocktail got its name from the Daiquiri Beach and the ore mine, which are located in Cuba. The cocktail was invented in 1905 by American engineers and miners who worked there under contract. Initially, the Daiquiri included: rum, 9 parts; sugar, 1 part; lime juice, 4 parts; ice. In the 1920s, at the Floridita bar in Havana, bartender Constante Ribalgua perfected the cocktail of rum, lemon juice, sugar and ice by adding crushed ice while straining the drink. The second innovation was the addition of a few drops of Maraschino liqueur to the cocktail, thus the Daiquiri Floridita was born.
In 1932, Ernest Hemingway, who visited Cuba, went to the Floridita bar and tried Daiquiri for the first time. When Constanto served Hemingway the frozen Daiquiri Floridita, the great visitor took his time trying it and said: “Very good, but I prefer it without sugar and with double rum,” and the Double Papa cocktail was born.

Mojito is a cocktail based on white rum and mint leaves, translated from Spanish as “slightly wet.”
According to legend, the birthplace of Mojito is the famous Seville Hotel in Havana. In the spring of 1930, another reception was held there for wealthy Americans. In those days, the high society of American society preferred “julep” (a mix of bourbon with mint and sugar). The supply of bourbon was running low, but the bartender quickly realized and offered his own version to the public. Instead of whiskey, he used Bacardi Superior, which was available in abundance. To the surprise of the staff, the spoiled guests liked the new mix. The cocktail gets the name Mojito - from mojado (wet) and is quickly gaining popularity.
From this moment his triumphant march around the world begins. From Cuba he moves to America, to the fashionable bars of San Francisco, Miami, and New York. The fashion for Mojito appears. Millions of American tourists travel to Europe, and gradually this cocktail is conquering the Old World.

It was with a mojito that Hemingway preferred to start his day. He drank a mojito in the morning, like others drink mineral water or juice! However, choosing the “Double Papa” version! - with a double dose of rum...

To prepare a cocktail, you need to take a few mint leaves, place them in a long drink glass, and mash them with a spoon. Then add cane sugar or a tablespoon of sugar syrup, squeeze half a lime (lemon) into a glass and fill with crushed ice. Pour the resulting mixture with rum and soda. According to the rules, this cocktail needs to be stirred until the walls of the glass fog up, then garnish it with mint sprigs and serve.

Alcoholic cocktails are especially popular. Unlike pure spirits, they have a softer taste and a refreshing aroma, and are much easier to drink. There are quite a lot of recipes for making such cocktails and their names. However, it is Daiquiri that has been in greatest demand for many years.

Usually the name of this drink is pronounced with an emphasis on the first letter and, but sommeliers consider this pronunciation incorrect, the emphasis should be on the last letter in this word.

Daiquiri is a classic cocktail invented in Cuba, so it is not surprising that the main ingredient in its preparation is rum. Its successful combination with other components made it possible to obtain a refreshing, sweet and quite strong alcoholic cocktail, which quickly gained wide popularity throughout the world.

To prepare this Cuban drink in its original form you will need:

• crushed ice - about 100 g;
• granulated sugar – no more than 5 g;
• rum – 45 g;
• freshly squeezed lemon juice – 25 g.

Reference! When preparing this drink, it is best to use light or white rum. Golden varieties of such alcohol kill its delicate aroma and taste, making it stronger and tart.

This drink is prepared only in a shaker, but at home it can be completely replaced with a blender. All you need to do is mix all the ingredients thoroughly and use a special strainer to pour the resulting cocktail into a glass.

Daiquiri is served in martini glasses, which must be thoroughly cooled before use.

This simple preparation technology allows you to enjoy the true taste of this Cuban alcohol in almost any situation. But modern bartenders have gone further and created several non-trivial Daiquiri recipes, which also quickly became very popular.

Watch the video demonstrating the classic Daiquiri cocktail recipe:

Unusual cooking methods

By complementing the classic recipe, we managed to obtain several unique and, to some extent, even improved versions of this cocktail. Among all their diversity, three drinks stand out in particular.

"Hemingway"

There are two main recipes for making such a cocktail. For both you need to use a shaker, the difference lies in exactly how much and what ingredients are used.

1 way

Ingredients:

• lemon juice - 15 g;
• grapefruit juice - 25 g;
• Maraschino liqueur - 10 g;
• rum - 30 g;
• lemon - 1 slice.

Preparation:

Mix lemon (15 g) and grapefruit (25 g) juices. Add to them 30 g of rum and 10 g of Maraschino liqueur. Everything is mixed and poured into a glass, which is decorated with a thin slice of lemon.

Option 2

Ingredients:

• crushed ice - 100 g;
• rum - 40 g;
• Maraschino liqueur - 10 g;
• lemon juice - 25 g;
• grapefruit juice - 25 g;
• powdered sugar - 30 g;
• lime - 1 slice.

Preparation:

Place a whole half of peeled grapefruit peel into a rocks glass. It is into this that the finished cocktail will be poured. In a shaker, mix crushed ice (100 g), rum (40 g), Maraschino (10 g), lemon and grapefruit juice (25 g each), powdered sugar (30 g). Mix everything thoroughly, pour through a sieve into a prepared glass and serve with a thin slice of lime.

Daiquiri prepared according to the second recipe turns out to be sweeter and more aromatic, and the taste of grapefruit is more pronounced due to serving in the peel.

Reference! Grapefruit juice should be extracted from the pulp obtained when preparing the container for the finished cocktail. You should choose the freshest and most aromatic lemon for juice. The taste of the finished drink will largely depend on it.

"Strawberry"

Fans of this aromatic and sweet summer berry will definitely love the recipe for a Daiquiri cocktail with its addition. The finished drink is especially aromatic and has a beautiful pinkish color, which makes it especially attractive to young girls. But men also drink it with pleasure, especially in the hot season, and even in winter, with the help of this drink you can momentarily return to summer.

This drink is prepared from the following ingredients:

• fresh and ripe strawberries – 300 g;
• rum - 250 ml;
• finely ground granulated sugar – 100 g;
• juice of four medium limes;
• cubed ice – 200 g.

Before use, strawberries should be rinsed in cold water and blended with an immersion blender until perfectly smooth. Then mix the resulting berry puree and all other ingredients except ice in a shaker. The finished cocktail is poured into glasses in which ice is evenly distributed. Decorate the top with a mint leaf and half a small strawberry.

Attention! You can easily prepare such a refreshing Cuban cocktail in the winter season. After all, fresh berries can easily be replaced with frozen ones.

At the same time, the composition of such a cocktail is slightly modified. There is no need to use ice, but the amount of sugar increases by 50 g. In this case, you should turn the strawberries into puree immediately after removing them from the refrigerator. You can use either a blender or a regular food processor.

When prepared correctly, a frozen strawberry daiquiri is almost indistinguishable from a cocktail made from fresh berries.

"Banana"

Another modern interpretation of a Cuban alcoholic drink. In order to fully appreciate the aroma and sweet taste of such a cocktail, you should carefully select bananas. They should be completely ripe, but not too soft.

Their aroma should be clearly expressed, and the fruits themselves should not have any dark spots, otherwise the color and entire appearance of the Daiquiri may be significantly damaged.

This banana alcoholic cocktail is prepared from the following ingredients:

• white rum – 45 ml;
• banana – 125 g;
• cubed ice – 3 pcs.;
• powdered sugar – 15 g;
• ripe lemon juice – 25 g.

As in all other cases, prepare a cocktail by mixing all the main ingredients in a blender. But before that, the banana must be crushed to a puree. This can be done quickly and efficiently using a blender, but at home you can grate ripe fruit on a fine grater.

All ingredients except ice are shaken in a shaker for one minute, then poured through a sieve into a glass with ice.

Reference! Almost all Daiquiri recipes require the use of a strainer. It is necessary to prevent large particles of berries and fruits, as well as crushed ice, from getting into the glass. In addition, some of these additives can change the color of the cocktail for the worse.

Photo

Below are photographs of the Daiquiri cocktail in various variations:

Conclusion

Despite the fact that this cocktail was invented in Cuba, today it is popular far beyond its borders. And in order to appreciate the true taste of Daiquiri, it is not at all necessary to travel to this country or visit expensive drinking establishments, because you can easily prepare it at home. The main thing is to follow the indicated dosage of ingredients and be sure to use light or white rum.

Hemingway traveled extensively around the world during his lifetime. The result of such trips was new stories and novels. But visiting different countries gave him not only a huge number of interesting stories. During such trips, the writer collected an impressive collection of recipes for mixed alcoholic drinks. They all bear his name, but differ from each other in their individual composition. Take Hemingway, for example. A cocktail with this name is well known to bartenders from various countries.

Memory of Cuba

Being on Liberty Island led the writer to create a new story. It turned out to be so successful that a year after its creation he was given such a high appreciation of his work was not the only acquisition. Over the years, Hemingway mastered the preparation of a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. One of them was the Hemingway mixture. The guest from America really liked the cocktail with that name. Sometimes he even prepared it himself, making the necessary adjustments. The drink is quite interesting, but not at all complex.

For it you will need to have 45 milliliters of 25 milliliters of grapefruit juice, 20 grams of crushed ice, 10 milliliters of cherry liqueur and a couple of lime wedges.

“Hemingway” (cocktail) must be prepared as follows:

1. First squeeze out the juice from one lime wedge.
2. Pour all prepared products into a shaker and shake well.
3. The product is ready. Now you can pour it into a glass and drink it, after garnishing it with the remaining lime wedge.

This cocktail is reminiscent of the famous Cuban Daiquiri. In fact, this is he in Hemingway’s interpretation.

Similar option

Replacing some ingredients or their ratios sometimes leads to the most unexpected consequences. So, one of the writer’s friends, following his taste preferences, came up with a new cocktail. In principle, it resembles the main option. Nevertheless, the composition was so good that Hemingway himself appreciated it. The cocktail is prepared in the usual way from the following products:

per 100 milliliters the juice of one lime, as well as two teaspoons of Maraschino liqueur.

There are still some nuances in the cooking method:

1. Collect all ingredients together with ice (5-6 pieces) in a blender.
2. Beating products should consist of two stages. First you need to swirl the food for about twenty seconds over low heat.
3. After this, the equipment must be turned on at full power and mixing continued for another thirty seconds.

It is customary to drink such a drink in He is best suited for this.

Flight of fancy

Considering the diverse interests of the famous journalist, one can assume any of the methods for preparing his famous drink. Ernest was a creative person, with a rich imagination and vast life experience. He was always eager to learn something new.

Therefore, it’s easy to assume that he might like a less-than-standard option. It will require white rum, sugar syrup, grapefruit juice and cherry liqueur in a ratio of 4:1:2:1. This is how you make a Hemingway cocktail:

1. Cut the grapefruit in half with a knife and extract the pulp from one part.
2. Transfer it to a blender.
3. Place the rest of the components there. You can add the juice of a quarter of a lime for flavor.
4. Add some ice to the mixture and beat everything well.
5. Pour the resulting mass into the peel, using it as a glass.

You can garnish this Hemingway cocktail with a slice of orange. I must say that using it is not entirely convenient. The moving peel can lose its shape at any moment, so the journalist himself would hardly cook it. He would rather pour the contents into a wide glass.

Original recipe

Sometimes at large parties, where there is a large selection of drinks, they make an unusual Hemingway cocktail. The recipe for its preparation may seem quite interesting.

To make the mixture you will need 50 milliliters of light rum and grapefruit juice, 25 milliliters of lemon syrup, as well as two liqueurs: cherry and Triple Sec, 20 milliliters of lime juice, 8 grams of sugar, 150 grams of crushed ice and cocktail cherries and pieces of grapefruit .

The preparation of such a drink is carried out in three stages:

1. Combine all ingredients specified in the recipe, except fruit, in a blender.
2. Beat the mixture until smooth.
3. Pour the resulting liquid into glasses, and then garnish with cherries and grapefruit (or lime). You can choose one of them.

The drink turns out to be very aromatic and quite tasty. This unusual option is suitable for a large company, when everyone is positive and wants to have fun. True, the writer himself would hardly drink it. Suffering from diabetes in recent years, he avoided sugar in drinks.

Drink for bohemians

Absinthe is considered to be an aristocratic drink. It is considered to be more suitable for aesthetes and artists. Perhaps this opinion was formed due to the unusual smell of the drink. Indeed, in addition to alcohol and various oils, it contains a lot of fragrant and aromatic herbs. Among them are wormwood, fennel, chamomile, coriander and anise. One can only imagine how each of them reveals itself in the drink.

There is a recipe for preparing an unusual Hemingway cocktail with absinthe. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that its preparation requires only two main components - 100 grams of Brut champagne and 30 grams of absinthe itself.

The cocktail is also prepared very quickly. The drinks simply need to be poured one at a time, slowly, into a glass filled with ice. You should start with absinthe. And the champagne bubbles will then gradually reveal its taste and aroma. Hemingway respected absinthe. But his habit of this drink was not as strong as, for example, Van Gogh.

Individual drink

Suffering from diabetes, Hemingway could not afford many different things. For example, sweet drinks. His friends and comrades knew this. Therefore, one day in one of his acquaintances, a bartender named Constantino Ribalaigua prepared a personal drink for him, which was later called the “Hemingway Special” cocktail.

Initially, the recipe included sugar, but it was replaced with fruit juice and liqueur. The result was the following composition: 50 milliliters of Mount Guy Silver rum, 40 milliliters of grapefruit juice, 25 milliliters of Maraschino liqueur, 20 milliliters of pineapple juice and 15 milliliters of lemon juice.

Prepare the drink in the usual way:

1. All components must be poured into a shaker filled with ice. It is better if these are chopped pieces rather than cocktail cubes.
2. Shake until the shaker is cold enough.
3. Slowly strain the mixture into a glass.

You can use a lemon wedge to garnish the drink (if desired).

The Daiquiri cocktail got its name in honor of the area of ​​the same name in Cuba, where it was invented. Despite the fact that there is a classic recipe for the drink, the word “Daiquiri” is usually used to refer to a family of cocktails that necessarily include rum, lime juice and cane sugar. The cocktail tastes sweet, but at the same time strong and perfectly quenches thirst.

This drink in bars is usually served in a cocktail glass, also called a martini glass: the thin long stem prevents the drink from getting too hot when consumed, and the wide rims allow you to garnish it with fruit slices without interfering with your drinking.

Recipe 1 “Classic”

To prepare Daiquiri according to the classic recipe, you will need:

• white rum (light) – 50 ml;
• lime juice – 20 ml;
• sugar cane syrup – 20 ml;
• crushed ice – 100 gr.

Cooking method.

1. Pour crushed ice into a shaker, add rum, lime juice and sugar syrup, shake the contents well.

If you don't have a shaker, you can replace it with any container with a tight-fitting lid: a jar, a wide-mouth bottle, or a sports glass.

2. Pour ice into the glass to chill it.

3. Pour the contents of the shaker into a chilled glass by passing it through a strainer (or strainer).

4. All that’s left is to garnish the cocktail with a slice of lime – and it’s ready.

Please note that the classic Daiquiri is usually consumed without a straw. Additionally, you will be interested in the publication about the ready-made version of the drink “”.

As we said, Daiquiri is a family of cocktails. So, the closest relative of the classic recipe is strawberry.

Recipe 2 “Strawberry”

Strawberry Daiquiri contains the same ingredients, but instead of crushed ice, the recipe includes frozen strawberries.

1. Place all ingredients (rum, lime juice, simple syrup, strawberries) in a blender and blend well.

2. Cool the glass with ice, as in the previous recipe, pour the contents of the blender into it.

3. Garnish the glass with a strawberry or a slice of lime (lemon).

Strawberry Daiquiri is ready. It is sweeter, therefore it is considered a feminine drink, unlike the classic one.

Recipe 3 “Hemingway Daiquiri”

This is one of the most common varieties of the drink, which Ernest Hemingway, the famous American writer, was very fond of. The cocktail includes:

• white rum (light) – 40 ml;
• Maraschino liqueur – 10 ml;
• grapefruit juice – 15 ml;
• lime juice – 25 ml;
• sugar syrup – 10 ml;
• crushed ice – 100 gr.

Cooking process.

1. Mix all the ingredients included in the cocktail in a shaker and mix thoroughly.

2. Pour into a chilled glass through a strainer.

3. Garnish with a slice of lemon or orange.

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History and interesting facts

Daiquiri was invented in the 20th century by an American mining engineer who was working in Cuba at the time. By the time the bosses arrived, the engineer wanted to prepare an original drink, and he didn’t have to think long: the workers always had rum, and in Cuba they could sell sugar cane and lime. Everyone liked the cocktail, and after 5 years its classic composition became widespread in the USA.

The most famous Daiquiri lovers known to history were US President John F. Kennedy, as well as the famous writer and journalist Ernest Hemingway. One of the main characters of Hemingway’s novel “Islands in the Ocean” noted: “My Latin is completely useless, just like my Greek, and my English, and my head, and my heart. I can only speak frozen daiquiris right now.”

What’s noteworthy is that this cocktail has its own holiday - National Daiquiri Day, which is celebrated in the USA every year on July 19.

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