This drink is designated as an
IBA Official Cocktail | | Cuba Libre | | A Cuba Libre served in a short tumbler. | | Type: | Cocktail | | Primary alcohol by volume: | | | Served: | "On the rocks"; poured over ice | | Standard garnish: | lime slice | | Standard drinkware: | Highball glass | | IBA specified ingredients†: | | | Preparation: | Combine ingredients in glass and stir. Squeeze the lime slice into the drink and garnish with the pith. | - For other meanings of 'Cuba Libre' see Cuba libre (disambiguation)
The Cuba Libre (IPA /'kuβ̞a'liβ̞ɾe/ in Spanish, /kjuːbʌ liːbɹeɪ/ in English) is a cocktail made of Cola, lime, and rum. This cocktail is often referred to as a Rum and Coke in the United States and Canada, where the lime juice is optional. Bacardi claims ownership of the original, while some have also claimed it for Havana Club. It seems unlikely, however, that anyone could safely identify the first individual to combine rum and Coca-Cola—when seven or eight individuals lay claim to the creation of the Margarita, a far more complex drink—let alone identify the brand. The politically loaded name is further complicated by Bacardi's political involvement in Cuba. An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ...
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Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit...
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An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ...
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Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit...
Cuba Libre can mean the following: Cuba Libre, a cocktail Dreaming of Julia or Cuba Libre, a 2003 film directed by Juan Gerard Cuba Libre, a 1998 historical novel by Elmore Leonard. ...
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Binomial name Citrus X aurantifolia {{{author}}} Limes cut in half Lime (Citrus X aurantifolia) is a citrus tree originating from the Malay Achipelago. ...
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The Cathedral Of Rum at the Distillery in Puerto Rico near San Juan. ...
Havana Club is a brand of rum, made in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba. ...
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Cuba Libres are sometimes called "Mentiritas" (little lies) by Cuban exiles opposed to the current Communist government run by Fidel Castro. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...
History Accounts of the invention of the Cuba Libre vary. One account claims that the drink (Spanish for Free Cuba) was invented in Havana, Cuba around 1900. Patriots aiding Cuba during the Spanish-American War[citation needed] — and, later, expatriates avoiding Prohibition regularly mixed rum and Cola as a cocktail and a toast to this West Indies island. This article is about the capital of Cuba. ...
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Combatants United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Ramón Blanco Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties...
The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...
According to Bacardi: The Cathedral Of Rum at the Distillery in Puerto Rico near San Juan. ...
- "The world's most popular drink was born in a collision between the United States and Spain. It happened during the Spanish-American War at the turn of the century when Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Americans in large numbers arrived in Cuba. One afternoon, a group of off-duty soldiers from the U.S. Signal Corps were gathered in a bar in Old Havana. Fausto Rodriguez, a young messenger, later recalled that a captain came in and ordered Bacardi (Gold) rum and Coca-Cola on ice with a wedge of lime. The captain drank the concoction with such pleasure that it sparked the interest of the soldiers around him. They had the bartender prepare a round of the captain's drink for them. The Bacardi rum and Coke was an instant hit. As it does to this day, the drink united the crowd in a spirit of fun and good fellowship. When they ordered another round, one soldier suggested that they toast ¡Por Cuba Libre! in celebration of the newly freed Cuba. The captain raised his glass and sang out the battle cry that had inspired Cuba's victorious soldiers in the War of Independence." [1]
However, there are some problems with Bacardi's account, as the Spanish-American war was fought in 1898, Cuba's liberation was in 1898, and the Rough Riders left Cuba in September 1898,[2] but Coca-Cola was not available in Cuba until 1900.[3] According to a 1965 deposition by Fausto Rodriguez, the Cuba Libre was first mixed at a Cuban bar in August of 1900 by a member of the U.S. Signal Corps, referred to as "John Doe". Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ...
Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
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The name John Doe is generally used in the United States as a placeholder name for a male party in a legal action or legal discussion whose true identity is unknown. ...
Popularity This drink was once viewed as exotic, with its dark syrup, made (at that time) from cola nuts and coca. {{ }} Kola nut (Cola) is a genus of about 125 species of trees native to the tropical rainforests of Africa, classified in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (or treated in the separate family Sterculiaceae). ...
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Soon enough, as Charles H. Baker points out in his Gentlemen's Companion of 1934, the Cuba Libre "caught on everywhere throughout the [American] South ... filtered through the North and West," aided by the ample supply of its ingredients. In The American Language, 1921, H.L. Mencken writes of an early variation of the drink: "The troglodytes of western South Carolina coined 'jump stiddy' for a mixture of Coca-Cola and denatured alcohol (usually drawn from automobile radiators); connoisseurs reputedly preferred the taste of what had been aged in Model-T Fords." This comment throws further doubt on Bacardi's account of the drink's Cuban origins. Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The U.S. Southern states or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ...
H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was a twentieth century journalist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the Sage of Baltimore and the American Nietzsche. He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th...
The term troglodyte can refer to the following: In archaeology, troglodyte can mean a member of a primitive tribe of cave-dwelling people (from the Greek Troglodytai, from trogle, a hole and dyein, to enter). Derived from that term, troglodytes are cave-dwelling humanoid monsters in fantasy games such as...
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Denatured alcohol is ethanol with added adulterants that make it useless for consumption as an intoxicating beverage by rendering it toxic or extremely distasteful to drink, but still useful for industrial processes or as a household chemical. ...
1908 Ford Model T advertisement The Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Fords Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1928. ...
The drink gained further popularity in the United States after the Andrews Sisters recorded a song (in 1945) named after the drink's ingredients, "Rum and Coca-Cola." Cola and rum were both cheap at the time and this also contributed to the widespread popularity of the concoction. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Rum and Coca-Cola is the title of a popular calypso song. ...
In the Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys, the character of Julian always has a rum and coke. This article is about the television series. ...
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Preparation To make a Cuba Libre, rub the rim of a highball glass with a cut lime. Fill with ice. Pour a 3:1 mixture of Coca-Cola and rum. Squeeze the lime, and drop it in as a garnish. Another way of preparing is 30 ml rum, 20 ml lemon juice, and 150 ml Coca-Cola. May be served on the rocks. A highball glass is a type of drinking vessel. ...
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Variations The Cuba Pintada (stained Cuba), and Cuba Campechana are also popular, especially among young people. The first is rum with club soda and just a little bit of cola (just enough that it stains the glass); the Campechana contains half club soda and half coke. The drink's name has evolved somewhat in both Cuba and the United States, where some choose to refer to it as a Mentirita (a little lie), in an opinionated reference to Cuban politics. Club soda is a soft drink closely related to soda water, except that it contains a small amount of salt for flavor. ...
A recent variation is the Coppertone which specifically uses Malibu Rum (rum with a natural coconut extract) and Cherry Coke (or Cherry Pepsi or Cherry RC Cola) for the cola component. The resulting drink has an aroma not entirely unlike suntan lotion and the name is an allusion to that. Malibu Rum is a rum made in Barbados with natural coconut extract. ...
Another variation of the Cuba Libre is the Cuban Missile Crisis. Compared to a normal Cuba Libre, it uses a higher proof rum, such as Bacardi 151 (75.5%). A bottle of Bacardi 151. ...
The drink is also popular in Nicaragua, where it is often mixed using the national brand of rum, Flor de Caña, and Pepsi and called a "Nica Libre". A bottle of Flor de Caña Gran Reserva Flor de Caña (Spanish, loosely translated to Flower of Sugar Cane) is a brand of rum from Nicaragua. ...
A Venezuelan variation : the "Cuba Libre Preparado" (Well-Prepared Cuba Libre) includes a dash of Gin and a dash of Angostura bitters.
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