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No. 016 Cocktails · Rum

Daiquiri

White rum, fresh lime and fine sugar shaken hard: a three-ingredient sour that rewards precise measuring.

A Daiquiri in a cocktail glass with a lime wedge on the rim
A Daiquiri, served up Photo: Aaron Gustafson from Hamden, CT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Add the rum, lime juice and sugar to a cocktail shaker and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
  2. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Glass
Cocktail glass (coupe)
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Easy

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the Daiquiri

The Daiquiri is the template for the rum sour: sharp lime, clean white rum and just enough sweetness to round the edges. With so few ingredients there is nowhere to hide, so use freshly squeezed lime juice and measure carefully.

The IBA specification dissolves superfine (caster) sugar in the shaker before the ice goes in, which gives a silkier texture than sugar syrup.

Tags: sour citrus rum classic

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Sources

  1. IBA — Daiquiri (official specification)

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