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The daiquiri (/ ˈ d aɪ k ər i, ˈ d æ k-/; Spanish: daiquirí) is a cocktail whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice (typically lime juice), and sugar or other sweetener.. The daiquiri is one of the six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, which also lists some variations.
So the success of the newly born Daiquiri at the Army and Navy was enormous. [8] Other sources point to Cox creating the drink from his rations of Bacardi, limes, and sugar. His associate, Francesco Domenico Pagliuchi, a Cuban engineer, explained the origin in a 1948 editorial letter in the newspaper El Pais Havana.
Mixed drink: Base spirit: Rum; Served: Straight up: chilled, without ice: Standard drinkware: Cocktail glass: IBA specified ingredients† 6 cl (12 parts) Rum; 4 cl (8 parts) grapefruit juice; 1.5 cl (3 parts) Maraschino liqueur; 1.5 cl (3 parts) fresh lime juice; Preparation: Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Commonly served ...
A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Sours belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book How to Mix Drinks. [1] Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (simple syrup or orgeat syrup). [2] Egg whites are also included in some sours.
The alcoholic cocktail, the daiquiri, was supposedly named for the area. There is an iron mine near Daiquirí, which is a word of Taíno origin. [2] [failed verification] The cocktail was supposedly invented about 1900 in a bar named Venus in Santiago, about 23 miles east of the mine, by a group of American mining engineers.
The most prominent theories are that it refers to a stimulant, hence a stimulating drink, or to a non-purebred horse, hence a mixed drink. Cocktail historian David Wondrich speculates that "cocktail" is a reference to gingering , a practice for perking up an old horse by means of a ginger suppository so that the animal would "cock its tail up ...
The exact origin of the sidecar is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. [2] The drink was directly named for the motorcycle attachment, which was very commonly used at the time. The Ritz Hotel in Paris claims origin of the drink.
The first documented definition of the word "cocktail" was in response to a reader's letter asking to define the word in the 6 May 1806, issue of The Balance and Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York. In the 13 May 1806, issue, the paper's editor wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar; it was also ...