Air Mail
A celebratory rum classic finished with a champagne float and a touch of honey.
Base
rum
Glassware
Champagne flute
Flavor Profile
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Ingredients
- 1.5 oz gold rum
- 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz honey syrup
- Champagne, to top
Instructions
- 1Shake rum, lime juice, and honey syrup with ice.
- 2Strain into a champagne flute.
- 3Top with champagne.
Origin & Story
Cuba, 1930s
Essentially a rum-based French 75, it was created in Cuba during the golden age of rum cocktails and named for the era's new international air-mail service.
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