Midweek Happy Hour: Cuba Libre
Someday I hope to legally take my wife to Cuba's Varadero beach resort for an anniversary and sip on Cuba Libres. In the meantime, I'll have to settle with making them myself.
First you need some real Coca-Cola. Not the HFCS stuff--the Coca-Cola made with real sugar (from Mexico) that you can sometimes find at Costco. I picked up a kilo case of Mexican Coke there last weekend. The last crucial ingredient is Cuban rum. Good luck finding that in your local liquor store, gringos. Curse you, trade embargo!
Cuba Libre
Ingredients:
2 ounces light rum (Havana Club, if you're a real baller)
Lime juice (about half of a lime will do)
Mexican Coca-Cola
Directions:
1. Squeeze lime juice into glass; add ice.
2. Pour rum over ice.
3. Fill with Coke.
--Excmo. Spanno
oldbogus on June 04, 2008 at 09:12 PM
This has always been my Dad's favorite drink until he became a Northern Light on the rocks guy. Mostly because it is easier to make! Especially in an assisted living home (He got a "prescription" from his doc for this!).
Cynthia1770 on June 05, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Hi,
Nothing like the basics----real rum and real sugar.
Retrosoda.com sells soda made with sugar bottled in glass,
the way it used to be.
Take care,
Cynthia