Name: Santa Marta Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 70 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water; 5 ml Kirschwasser

Santa Marta Daiquiri
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
FLOAT a spoon of kirsch eau-de-vie.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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History:

This version of a classic Daiquiri was discovered in 2011 by Joerg Meyer within the pages of the 1948 edition of the Cuban Cantinero bartender's own journal El Arte del Cantinero Los Vinos Y Los Licores. However, the cocktail was first published in the 1930 edition of the Cuban book, Club de Cantineros de la Republica de Cuba Manual Oficial.

Santa Marta Cocktail
l /2 limón verde machacado en cotelern, con una·
cucharada de azúcar.
U na toma de ron.
Gotas de Kirsch.
Bátase y cuélese.
Club de Cantineros de la Republica de Cuba Manual Oficial, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Santa Marta Daiquiri contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
18.09% alc./vol. (36.19° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

10th October 2025 at 02:07

Had this again with a wonderful Hungarian Pork Paprika dinner. It worked perfectly.

Martin Boyer

5th September 2025 at 23:24

Wonderful drink as written. Does not work as well w Rhum Agricola (but still delicious). #simonismyhero

Martin Boyer

5th September 2025 at 23:24

Agricole

Wayne Hanley

1st January 2025 at 19:49

Mrs. Hanley says it's a nicely balance drink (and I agree, cause .... well, it is)

Matt

23rd July 2024 at 03:12

Really nice - I love that the kirschwasser dominates the nose, but doesn't dominate the taste (but does complement the flavors of the daiquiri very well). A very nice variant.

Maksym Cherniavskyi

25th June 2023 at 17:35

Great - sugarcane notes and lime tartness play really well with kirsch's unique flavor. Recommend!

Avery Garnett

15th April 2023 at 15:47

Is the intent to add the chilled water to the glass, or the shaker? Currently it's missed out of the recipe as only the first 3 and the kirsch are mentioned.

Avery Garnett

1st August 2023 at 10:48

Yes, I believe the idea of adding the chilled water is for the kind of ice where it's so dry it sticks to your fingers when you take it out. I imagine refrigerator ice isn't like that.

John Meier

29th July 2023 at 00:02

When I use ice from the refrigerator ice maker is seems to melt faster than the ice I make for drinks, to get the cocktail chilled. I presume that using much harder (colder) ice would not reach the proper dilution. Unless you’re interested in shaking each drink for a few minutes each. At least that’s my best guess.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

28th December 2022 at 17:19

Call me Mr Picky but isn't the variation rather similar to the original? ;-)

Simon Difford

29th December 2022 at 09:27

I'll call you Andy. Thanks for pointing out. I guess I reverted to the variation but I didn't leave myself a note to that effect. I've removed duplicated recipe which was under variation.

Doug Charnock

7th August 2022 at 00:28

Ummm… what’s the 10ml of chilled water for in the ingredients list?

Simon Difford

22nd August 2022 at 18:22

The addition of water adds more dilution than just that imparted from just shaking other ingredients with ice.

John Hinojos

27th June 2022 at 01:36

Outstanding daiquiri. The correct amount of sweetness and the float make it perfect. Simple recipe, but so full of flavour. I think it is my favourite of all the daiquiris.

Calvin Grant

9th December 2021 at 03:40

Wonderful fragrance.

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