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Cubata

Name: Cubata
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Lime juice; 120 ml Cola

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
4 fl oz	Cola

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Briefly STIR.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cubata contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
9.98% alc./vol. (19.96° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Depending on where you are, a Cubata is:
UK - a gin-based equivalent to the light rum-based Cuba Libre.
USA - an aged/dark rum-based Cuba Libre.
Spain - pretty much any distilled spirit mixed with cola. Indeed, in Spain, where gin is the dominant spirit, gin mixed with cola is also known as an RAF, apparently historically due to Royal Air Force servicemen based in Spain favouring this service.

Review

Hard to hate but the cola and lime dominate the subtle gin flavours.

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Comments & Discussion

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Juan Antonio García Cabado 4y

Well, I´m a spanish bartender and "cubata" was a way to call any distilled-coke combination.
Cuba libre it´s used just for Bacardi- coke and how Santi G. Lucchi says RAF it´s for gin-coke.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Many thanks to you both. I've amended the above accordingly.

Santi G. Lucchi 4y

Here in Spain when ordering a "cubata" they refer to a slight variation of the Cuba Libre cocktail but without the lime, just a rum & coke. Here, the more elderly people call a Gin & Coke a RAF (Royal Air Force) since it was the preferred drink of some Englishmen belonging to said Force. But the name's been forgotten by the newer generations.

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