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Hemingway Daiquiri

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Said to be created for Ernest Hemingway by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at El Floridita in Havana.

Editor's note: This drink comes from And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis (Crown Publishers) and was featured as a Cocktail of the Month.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 1

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces rum (lighter rum is better)
1/4 ounce Maraschino liqueur
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce grapefruit juice
3/4 ounce lime juice

Preparation

  1. Shake the ingredients in an iced shaker until good and frosty, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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