Name: Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula)
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
4 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

For an even better Daiquiri, use 2 x 5ml measuring spoons of powdered sugar (finely ground caster sugar) in place of 10ml sugar syrup. To ensure the sugar is fully dissolved, stir the sugar with lime juice in the base of the shaker prior to adding rum and ice and shaking.

This 6:2:1 (6 parts rum, 2 parts lime and 1 part sugar) Daiquiri recipe emerged after an afternoon's Daiquiri experimentation with five of the UK's most respected bartenders back in 2010. It is a touch more citrus-forward, so it suits a fuller flavoured rum than my own 10:3:2 Daiquiri formula, which calls for a charcoal-filtered lightly aged rum.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Daiquiri No.1 Difford's 3:2:1 recipe
Daiquiri No.1 Embury's 8:2:1 recipe
Daiquiri No.1 countdown 3:2:1 recipe

History:

Daiquiri cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula) contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.61% alc./vol. (39.23° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Romina

5th May at 18:55

I tried the Daiquiri (Difford's recipe) yesterday and loved it. I was curious about this version with light gold rum, but found it a bit too sweet and less balanced compared to the 3:2:1 white rum recipe. Now I know my favorite ;)

Simon Sedgley

8th April at 13:29

We don't usually stray far from this bright and sunny recipe. But it's Autumn here and we think that Death & Co's "ideal" recipe suits the season. They simply split the Rum 1 3/4 ounces white rum and 1/4 ounce agricole rum (no bitters).

Egg McKenzie

2nd February at 20:55

i don't (yet) have the bitters but i still thought this shit was fire.

Peter Shaw

12th August 2025 at 07:05

Finally!! It is only after grinding the granulated (cane) sugar that I’m not left with a few undissolved granules. And so now the rest of the flavours are unimpaired. The Daiquiri is one reason why I would rather enjoy my cocktail at home, rather than risk my precious alcohol allowance on some hit or miss affair at a new bar.

Jeremy Harrold

19th June 2025 at 20:13

Adding a 10ml float of Wray & Naphew Overproof Rum works well.

Simon Sedgley

12th November 2024 at 14:40

As Tolstoy said: "There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth." I'm pretty sure that a Daquiri never passed betwixt his lips, but if I'm wrong he may have had this recipe in mind.

John Hinojos

8th June 2024 at 01:07

This cocktail never fails. Had again with a Barbados gold rum. Love the rum flavour which is more noticeable using the darker rum.

Annabelle Egginton

28th April 2024 at 17:12

I used Rivière du Mat Reunion island gold rum. Has a peaty whisky like taste. Really good in this Diaquiry. If you like rum and lime this is the cocktail for you.

Sal Khan

21st December 2023 at 14:59

Not much to add really, this so easy (too easy???) to drink, absolute yum!

Yossi Burg

2nd November 2023 at 09:59

Perfection in a coupe! My little secret is to fine strain the lime first and put into the Boston tin- then fast hard shake with ONE large ice cube and no need to double strain , just use a Hawthorn strainer and pour fast and high. Generally never get ice shards and the perfect fluffy top.
Bob's Difford Daiquiri bitters a must and I add 4-6 drops of saline. So simple, so bloody good. Havana Club 3, Plantation 3 Star a stand out- even Bacardi Carta Blanca. Heaven on a warm evening.

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