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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...
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.
An absolutely stellar drink. Deserves the 5 stars. Has way more to offer than even the Daiquiri, in my opinion! I just shook and dumped it in the glass. Was fantastic regardless.
Taking into account that you don't have access to a lime picked ripe three days ago but a good quality imported fruit, there is still the choice of rum and honey to make the syrup. If the rum seems rather obvious (Havana 3 years), it is much more difficult to choose the honey well. A honey too strong (e.g. Buckwheat honey) will be an intruder, whereas a honey that is too sweet (e.g. flower honey) will disappear behind the lime. A good choice would be a lime honey or a heather honey syrup.
I changed from spoons of undiluted honey to honey syrup due to its being easier to use and measure. However, I agree, the original version is delicious.