Drinks

Daiquiri

  • Serves

    makes 1 Cocktail

MELANIE ACEVEDO

The daiquiri, which made its formal debut in the United States at Washington's Army and Navy Club in 1909, is a fairly simple drink. The more familiar slushy version was created by a Havana bartender, who added crushed ice.

Ingredients

  • 1 12 oz. dark rum
  • Juice of 1/2 lime
  • 1 tsp. simple syrup

Instructions

Step 1

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add rum, lime juice, and syrup. Shake well, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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