Name: Canchànchara
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Lime juice; 20 ml Honey and water syrup

Canchànchara
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Your choice of honey and rum will greatly affect the flavour and, indeed, the success of the finished cocktail. More flavoursome honey demands a more robust rum, so best you're guided by what your local beekeeper supplies. Achieve the perfect balance between sweet honey and sour lime and this is a truly great cocktail.

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AKA: Cancha

History:

Known as the forerunner of the Daiquiri and drunk by Cuban revolutionaries fighting off the Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century, the Canchànchara is a simple mix of honey, citrus and rum (originally aguardiente de caña rather than rum).

Although there is some debate as to its origins, most historians favour the Ten Years War, 1868-78. Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown, in their book Cuban Cocktails, say it was certainly present at the height of the 1898 Spanish-American Civil War.

Nutrition:

One serving of Canchànchara contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.58% alc./vol. (18.58° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Alejandro Serrano

20th April at 01:49

Instead of aguardiente or gold rum try with with aged rum and a pinch of salt. Keep the rest of the recipe. Let me know!

Daniel Jones

10th September 2024 at 06:10

I found my favorite version of this cocktail and, regardless of the type of rum, it's 2 oz Rum, 1/2 oz 2:1 Honey syrup & 1/2 oz to 2/3 oz Lime juice. Shaken with one medium/small ice cube until I can't hear it anymore in the shaker tin & dumped over any type of ice.

Annechien

31st March at 20:16

Agreed! I used 2 oz rum, 1/2 oz 2:1 honey syrup, 1/2 oz lime juice. I love this ratio. And I think I could’ve gone up to 2/3 oz lime juice because it was still quite sweet.

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C Clinton

6th September 2024 at 02:16

Tasty summery cocktail-helping cool off this ridiculous Phoenix heat!

Lynn Garvie

26th August 2024 at 19:37

Don't overthink this.
Any rum, any honey syrup and fresh lime juice and it's going to taste good.
The mix is perfect!
(Canchanchara)

Matt

24th July 2024 at 01:18

Honey syrup is central to the flavor, and it is apparent that my honey syrup is lacking :( I used cachaca (as noted by Iayn, likely more true to the cocktail's origin), which I enjoyed. Between the cachaca and the honey syrup this becomes quite distinct from a daiquiri - but this is certainly delicious in its own right. Highly recommended for rum/daiquiri lovers - experiment and make this your own.

Daniel Jones

8th June 2024 at 06:00

I made it just like the recipe but tasted it with a bar spoon before adding ice and thought I'd like it more served up instead of over ice. It's an inexpensive and enjoyable tasting cocktail to make, and a good use for my Bacardi Gold. I want to taste more of the rum so I'll reduce the honey down to 1/2oz next time. I'll also make it again with Avua Prata from Iyan's suggestion.

Iyan Smits

15th April 2024 at 14:57

Made it with cachaça because I feel like it comes closer to the flavour profile of traditional Cuban aguardiente, was truly phenomenal

Nils Marklund

5th April 2024 at 18:01

Another drink that proves that you don´t have to fiddle with a lot of ingridients and fancy procedures to make a stellar drink. Be very picky with the choice of honey for your honey syryp - and everything will turn out just fine. Or better than fine. This i tastier than the ordinary daiquiri. And i still love daiquiris.

Incognito Watcherman

29th May 2024 at 00:26

Honey is really what makes or break the cocktail. Perhaps even more crucial than the rum choice.

Avery Garnett

15th March 2024 at 19:31

A very rich and delicious daiquiri.

John Hinojos

26th February 2023 at 01:32

Five Star. Liked this much better than the daiquiri. Used a gold Barbados rum which gave the cocktail a wonderful rum falvour. On my favourites. Definitely a keeper.

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