Name: White Cuban
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Light white rum; 25 ml Coffee liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 25 ml Heavy/double cream

White Cuban
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Double cream / heavy cream

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Garnish: Dust with freshly grated nutmeg

How to make:

STIR first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. Carefully FLOAT lightly whipped cream (shake sealed cream container before pouring).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Double cream / heavy cream - Dairy

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A White Russian based on rum rather than vodka. Tends to be better with a charcoal-filtered light white rum rather than a more characterful golden rum. Depending on how dry your coffee liqueur is, and your palate, you may prefer to omit the sugar syrup or increase the measure.

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Nutrition:

One serving of White Cuban contains 250 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.26% alc./vol. (19.26° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

2nd October 2024 at 04:40

So simple, so delicious.

Matt

8th August 2024 at 01:43

Can a suggest a new name that avoids potential race connotations? Like "Cuban con Crema"?
I really like an easy and delicious 3 ingredient cocktail - and this fits! I used Pusser's and Cafe Granita, and this was plenty sweet - no need for syrup. Shaken cream on top - delicious. I think Kahlua (the U.S. 20% ABV) would work great, and so would Tia Maria. Mr. Black would likely need some syrup. Serve this instead of a white Russian!

Simon Sedgley

2nd October 2024 at 04:55

May I observe, as gently and politely as I can, that in your one paragraph you have, on the one hand, tsk-tsk-ed those who might want to refer to this cocktail by its neutral (ie nothing to do with race) name and, on the other hand, proceeded to blithely garnish your reference to a White Russian (no race connotations here?) with an exclamation mark. May I, again as gently and politely as I can, suggest that the "potential race connotations" live wholly and solely within your own mind. My apologies to our host for getting a wee bit political here but I am getting tired of this sort of stuff.

Peter McCarthy

21st July 2024 at 07:40

Made this with 50 ml Plantation 3 Stars, 25 ml Galliano Espresso, 5 ml sugar syrup, 25 ml heavy cream. Nice dessert drink that's a little boozy and not too sweet. I'm curious if anyone has a "favorite" rum for this...

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