Name: Cuban Special
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 60 ml Pineapple juice; 7.5 ml Lime juice

Cuban Special
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
³⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
2 oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Review:

Not that special, but certainly OK.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Cuban Special contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.71% alc./vol. (14.71° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Jeff Littlejohn

25th May at 03:52

Nothing to special about this. The lime feels out of place. Might be better to use acid adjusted pineapple juice instead of adding the lime juice b

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Miguel Perales

26th September 2022 at 23:14

Very nicely balanced, dry and light cocktail. Not overwhelmingly sweet at all, like some of the pineapple cocktails can be. The pineapple is the main flavor but it finishes with a citrus sourness. My wife did enjoy it better by adding 1/4 oz / 7.5 ml rich syrup to the cocktail. Might have made it slightly more balanced, but I prefer less sweet drinks.

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Kristoffer Adelbrant

25th September 2020 at 19:25

Simple yet tasty! And as always light rum and pineapple goes together so well.

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