Cocktails from rum

In cocktails from rum can add different kinds of this drink: light (silver, white), gold (amber) and dark (black) rum. Types of Roma differ in exposure time and, accordingly, in strength. The country of the Soviets will tell you how to prepare the most popular cocktails from the Roma.

Cocktail Cuba Libre

Translated from Spanish Cuba libre - "free Cuba". It is believed that this cocktail was invented in 1900 in Havana. It is said that for the first time rum, lime juice and Coca-Cola mixed American soldiers, at that time were in Cuba, and jokingly offered a toast "Viva la Cuba libre" ("For a free Cuba!"). So the cocktail got its name.

To prepare a classic cocktail Cuba Libre needs:

• rum - 2 parts


• Coca-Cola - 4 parts


• lime juice - 1 part


• ice

Fill the ice in a tall glass (highball) and pour into a glass of Coca-Cola. Rum and lime juice mix in a shaker and gently pour into a glass with cola. Cocktail Cuba Libre is not mixed.

This cocktail has different variations. For example, a cocktail "The Cuban missile crisis" is prepared on the basis of rum "Bacardi 151" with a strength of 75.5%. And in a cocktail "Painted Cuba" besides other ingredients, soda water is added.

Daiquiri cocktail

Daiquiri cocktail has many variations, butIts main ingredients are rum, sugar and lime. This cocktail was invented in the Cuban village of Daiquiri at the beginning of the last century. The legend says that the local barman ended with a gin. He had no choice but to sell the Cuban rum instead of the gin. The barman was afraid that visitors would not like rum, so he added sugar and lime juice. According to another version Daikiri cocktail was invented in 1896 by Jennings Cox, an American mining engineer.

Classic cocktail Daiquiri contains:

• white rum - 4 pieces


• lime juice - 1 part


• sugar syrup - 0,5 parts


• crushed ice

Vigorously shake all the cocktail ingredients withcrushed ice. Lightly moisten the edges of the cocktail glass and dipped in granulated sugar. Carefully, not to break the "bezel" of sugar, pour the cocktail into the glass.

Daiquiri was the favorite cocktail of the writer Ernest Hemingway, who personally came up with two variations of this cocktail. Cocktail "Double Dad" (Papá Doble) is prepared with a double rum. And in a cocktail Hemingway Special (Hemingway Special) among other ingredients, add grapefruit juice and cherry liqueur maraschino (Maraschino).

Cocktail May Tai

The Mai Tai cocktail was created in 1944 by Trader Vic. He directed a chain of restaurants"Polynesian-style" in the city of Oakland (California). They say that the name of the cocktail is due to guests from Tahiti, who were the first to try it. Translated from their language "Mai tai roa ae" means "extraterrestrial".

To prepare Mai Tai according to the classic recipe, you will need:

• dark rum - 3 parts


• light rum - 3 pieces


• colorless orange liqueur Curacao - 1.5 parts


• almond syrup Orjit - 1.5 parts


• freshly squeezed lime juice - 1 part

Stir all the ingredients in a glass, addice and decorate the cocktail with a sprig of mint. Cocktail May Tai can be diluted with juice (for example, orange or pineapple), and Orjit syrup can be substituted for sugar or any other syrup.

Pina Colada Cocktail

Pina colada (piña colada) Translated from Spanish as "the purest pineapple",its full name is Pina Friya Kolada ("the coldest pure pineapple"). A more precise pronunciation of the name of this cocktail - Pina Colada, you can also meet writing Pinacolada or Pinocola. First, the so-called fresh pineapple juice was called, then sugar and rum were added to it.

The official date of the invention of the cocktail of Pina Colada- 1954, although it was known before. The classic recipe for a cocktail by Pina Colada was recorded by Ramón Lopez Riviera, professor of agricultural sciences at Puerto Rican University. Pina Colada - the official drink of Puerto Rico, he and his creator even devoted a commemorative plate.

The composition of the classic cocktail of Pina Kolada includes:

• light rum - 2 parts


• pineapple juice - 2 parts


• coconut milk - 1,5 parts


• ice

Pour all the cocktail ingredients into the shakerice and shake well. Pina Colada is served in a cocktail glass or a glass of "Collins". You can decorate the cocktail with a cocktail cherry and a slice of pineapple.

Another popular cocktail of rum is the Golden Mojito.