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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.
Jennings Stockton Cox Jr. (November 23, 1866 – August 31, 1913) was an American mining engineer who is said to have invented the drink known as the daiquiri in the late nineteenth century while working as an expatriate engineer in Cuba. [1]
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 basic Daiquiri, sometimes called a Daiquiri sour, is made with rum, lime juice and simple syrup. [7] One account of the drink's origin is that the general manager of the Spanish-American Iron Core Company, which operated the "Daiquiri" mine, ran out of gin one night when making gin sour for his guests, and switched to rum.
A tonic cocktail is a cocktail that contains tonic syrup or tonic water. Tonic water is usually combined with gin for a gin and tonic, or mixed with vodka. However, it can also be used in cocktails with cognac, cynar, Lillet Blanc or Lillet Rosé, rum, tequila, or white port. [103] Albra (vodka, cynar, mint syrup, lemon juice, tonic water) [104]
Here, we explain why Starbucks drink sizes are tall, grande and venti, plus newer additions short and trenta. The origin story goes all the way to Italy. The heartwarming origin story of Starbucks ...
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Here’s a list of some of the beverages recalled so far this year: Schweppes Zero Sugar Gingerale. PepsiCo’s Mug Root Beer. Martinelli’s Apple Juice. Natural Waters of Viti Limited’s Fiji Water