Cuba Libre Recipe
This drink is often confused with a typical rum and coke and although they are similar. The Cuba Libre is made with lime juice. Fun Fact : As the story goes, in the year 1900, a captain in the U.S. Army stationed in Havana during the Spanish-American War poured Coca-Cola and a squeeze of lime into his Bacardí and toasted his Cuban comrades by calling out in the bar, “Por Cuba Libre!” (“To a free Cuba!”). And just like that, a legend was born and the drink forever was known as Cuba Libre. However, Since Cuba was never freed. Some call it Mentirita.
Ingredients
Cuba Libre:
- 2 oz. Rum (We used Black Magic Spiced Rum. A Puerto Rican Rum)
- 4 oz. Coke
- 1/2 squeezed lime juice
Garnish:
- 2 thin slices of lime (Thinly sliced)
- 1 lime wedge
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients
- Start by getting a tall glass and adding ice.
- Next add in your slices of lime.
- Then measure out 6oz of coke.
- Pour your coke into your glass
- Now move on to the rum and measure out 2 ounces.
- Add your rum to your glass.
- Now add your garnish and squeeze 1/2 a lime into your glass.
- Enjoy!
