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Florida Daiquiri

Name: Florida Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Florida Daiquiri contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.36% alc./vol. (36.73° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

The shaken version of the Daiquiri No.1 refined and made famous Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at El Florida bar (later renamed El Floridita) in Havana, Cuba.

Review

This classic blend of rum, lime and sugar, but with a hint of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and maraschino. A user-friendly version of a Hemingway Special.

Variations/similar cocktails

Daiquiri No.1 (blended and served 'frozen'

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Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
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Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 375ml - makes 75 cocktails
$32.99 $0.44 per cocktail Luxardo Maraschino liqueur image

$1.63 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Andre Derailleur Premium Member 43w

Good cocktail but I enjoyed it more with a 1/4 shot of maraschino.

Mike Premium Member 1y

Quite similar to the Hemingway Daiquiri by Anders Erickson

Sally Morgan Premium Member 1y

Much more interesting than the ingredients would suggest- classic Difford balance in play.

Yorey C 2y

too sour. i dont like this balance.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

Used Plantation 3 yr Rum. Starts sweet but quickly fades to a citrus sourness. Surprisingly, the Luxardo comes through quite prominently at the end

Beverly Stanton 4y

Very refreshing, a bit sweet a bit sour.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great cocktail. Used a white over-proof rum and it was fabulous.

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