Name: Santa Marta Daiquiri
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 70 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 10 ml Chilled water (omit if wet ice); 5 ml Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie

Serve in

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge on rim

How to make:

SHAKE first three ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. FLOAT spoon of kirsch eau de vie on surface of drink.

2 1/3 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if wet ice)
1/6 fl oz	Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
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Review:

A float of Kirsch eau-de-vie adds wonderfully fruity aromatics to an otherwise classic Natural Daiquiri.

History:

This adaptation of a Natural Daiquiri was discovered by Joerg Meyer in 2011 in the 1948 edition of the Cuban Cantinero bartender's own journal, El Arte del Cantinero Los Vinos Y Los Licores.
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Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
18.16% alc./vol. (36.32° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

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