Daiquiri
The Daiquiri is generally credited to Jennings Cox, an American engineer in Cuba during the Spanish American War. Cox may have created the cocktail to prevent yellow fever in his workers or when he ran out of gin during a party.
Equipment
- Coupe or martini glass (chilled)
- Citrus juicer
- Jigger
- Shaker
- Hawthorne strainer
Ingredients
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- 3/4 ounce Lime Juice
- 2 ounce Silver Rum
- Lime wheel
Instructions
- Pour the simple syrup, lime juice and rum into the shaker.
- Add ice. Shake until very cold, about 15 seconds.Strain into the chilled glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Notes
By mastering this basic sour drink, you’ll have a solid jumping-off point for a myriad of other cocktails: the Margarita, the Mai Tai, and the Whiskey Sour. Add club soda to a sour cocktail and a whole new world of drinks emerges, such as the Mojito and the Tom Collins.