Daiquiri
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Chilled coupe, 5–6 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
rum
citrus
shaken
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz white rum
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.75 oz simple syrup
- Lime wheel, for garnish
Instructions
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
Behind the drink
A little history
Around 1898
Cuba
Mining engineer Jennings Cox is commonly credited with the Daiquiri near the Cuban town of the same name around 1898. The simple rum-sugar-lime formula became a foundational sour and later a favorite of both bartenders and writers.
Daiquiri history