Name: Florida Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Florida Daiquiri
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This classic blend of rum, lime and sugar, but with a hint of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and maraschino. A user-friendly version of a Hemingway Special.

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Variant:

Daiquiri No.1 (blended and served 'frozen'

History:

The shaken version of the Daiquiri No.1 refined and made famous Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at El Florida bar (later renamed El Floridita) in Havana, Cuba.

Nutrition:

One serving of Florida Daiquiri contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.36% alc./vol. (18.36° proof)
18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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