Daiquiri is a family of cocktails that features white rum, citrus juice (typically lime juice) and sugar or other sweetener as its ingredients. Daiquiri is also an IBA official cocktail (An IBA official cocktail is one of many cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition in bartending). The daiquiri is one of the six basic drinks listed in "David A. Embury's classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks".
Origin of
the drink
The cocktail derive its name from the place
where it was invented, the mining town of Daiquiri located on the southeastern
tip of Cuba. In 1898, an American
mining engineer by the name of Jennings
Cox invented the drink.
Several decades later, P.D. Pagliuchi, laid
claim to the name, stating: “On the sideboard of the mine’s dining room, there
was no gin or vermouth; all we could find was Bacardí rum, limes, sugar and
ice… With this material, Mr. Cox made up a cocktail, which was so shaken as to
be very cold. It tasted fine, and I asked Cox, ‘What are you going to call it?’
‘Tum Sour,’ he said. I answered him, ‘This is too long a name; it was invented
at Daiquiri, so why not call it ‘Daiquiri’?”
Ø Type : Cocktail
Ø Primary alcohol by volume : Rum
Ø Served : Straight up; without ice
Ø Standard drinkware : Cocktail Glass (Martini)
Ø IBA specified ingredients :
o
4.5 cl / 1.5oz (9 parts) white rum
o
2.5 cl / 5/6 oz (5 parts) lime juice
o
1.5 cl / 1/2 oz (3 parts) simple syrup
Ø Preparation :
o
Pour all ingredients into the shaker, with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain it into a chilled cocktail glass.
● Hemingway daiquiri (Hemingway Special)– or Papa Doble – two and
a half jiggers of white rum, juice of two limes and half a grapefruit, six
drops of maraschino liqueur, without sugar.
● Banana daiquiri – regular daiquiri with half a banana.
● Avocado daiquiri – regular daiquiri with half an avocado.
● Frozen daiquiri-made with finely pulverized ice are often
called frozen daiquiri. Another way to create a frozen daiquiri (mostly
fruit-flavored variants) is by using frozen limeade, providing the required
texture, sweetness and sourness all at once.
Variants of frozen daiquiri
● Old Rose Daiquiri: strawberry syrup and rum along with two
teaspoons of sugar and lime juice
● Mulata Daiquiri: rum mixed with either coffee or chocolate
liqueur and with fresh lime juice and sugar syrup.
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