Name: Lux Daiquiri
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Maraschino syrup; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Lux Daiquiri
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Syrup from Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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Garnish: Skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

BLEND all ingredients with half a 7oz scoop of crushed ice and serve in chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A classic frozen Daiquiri heavily laced with maraschino cherry.

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History:

Created by yours truly. This was one of the two cocktails with which I won a Havana Club Daiquiri competition in 2002. It is named after Girolamo Luxardo, creator of Luxardo Maraschino liqueur. Lux is also Latin for light.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Lux Daiquiri contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.03% alc./vol. (21.03° proof)
21 grams of pure alcohol

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Jose Cruz

14th March 2024 at 03:20

Made it, sipped some, was great, blended it, ruined lol. need ice in oz weight or OZ volume, unsure how big your scoop is.

Simon Difford

14th March 2024 at 10:12

I've added the scoop's size, but please click 'measures and measuring' for scoop size for crushed ice and all other measures.

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aleksandra calosevic

19th May 2022 at 19:26

This is really good! I added mandarine juice, as it was a bit strong at the time, and sprinked some nutmeg on top. Cheers!

John Hinojos

24th January 2022 at 02:48

Being a big rum drinker (we have over 20 different types in our drinks cabinet), we both loved this. We did it over the rocks as neither of us like blended drinks, but it was great. A bit strong on the rocks, but that is OK. Went perfectly with our Mexican dinner. Would definitely do again.
Thank you Simon for another perfect drink.

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