Daiquiri No. 2

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Urban Bar Freddo Coupe Glass
Ingredients:
2 fl oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/6 fl oz Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/6 fl oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) (optional)
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:


Review:

A Daiquiri with subtle orange notes, but far from being a mere Orange Daiquiri.

Variant:

Golden Glove

History:

Created circa 1915 by created by Constantino "Constante" Ribalaïgua Vert, who owned Havana's famous El Floridita from 1918 to 1952, this is the second of four numbered daiquiris in the 1934 1st edition Bar La Florida Cocktails, menu book.

Daiquiri Num. 2
2 Ounces Bacardí Rum.
Several Dashes Curacao.
1 Teaspoonful Orange Juice.
1 Teaspoonful Sugar.
Juice of Half a Lemon.
Cracked ice.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Bar La Florida Cocktails, 1st Edition, 1934

See: Daiquiri cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri No. 2 contains 178 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 20.11% alc./vol. (40.22° proof)
  • 19.1 grams of pure alcohol
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