Today, bars the world over will be celebrating National Daiquiri Day, and as the original, non-slushified Daiquiri is one of our very favourite cocktails, we're more than happy to join them.
While the combination of rum, lime and sugar is a very, very old one - dating back to the early days of the British Navy and most likely before - most credit mining engineer Jennings Cox with the creation of the Daiquiri, perhaps naming it at the Venus Hotel in Santiago de Cuba. Yet the true master of the Daiquiri was, of course, a Catalonian-Cuban - Constantino Ribailagua Vert of Havana's El Floridita. So, we're marking today with our take on Constante's concoction, the Daiquiri No.3, which pre-dates his better-known Hemingway Daiquiri.
If that puts you in a Daiquiri mood, perhaps try Difford's classic Daiquiri recipe, or peruse dozens more recipes and read about this enduring cocktail's full story in our expansive dedicated Daiquiri area.
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