Cuba Libre
A grown-up rum and coke, brightened with a squeeze of fresh lime over ice.
Base
rum
Glassware
Highball glass
Flavor Profile
sweetrefreshing
Ingredients
- 2 oz rum
- 0.25 oz fresh lime juice
- Cola, to top
- Lime wedge, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2Add rum and lime juice.
- 3Top with cola, stir gently, and garnish with a lime wedge.
Origin & Story
Havana, Cuba, 1900
As the story goes, it was created shortly after the Spanish-American War when American soldiers mixed newly available Coca-Cola with Cuban rum and toasted 'Por Cuba libre!' — 'to a free Cuba.'
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