# Daiquiri

A crisp Cuban rum sour balancing fresh lime with fine sugar.

Strength: 27% ABV

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Cuban white rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cuban-white-rum.md)
- 20 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 2 bar spoons [Superfine sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/superfine-sugar.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Combine the ingredients in a shaker and stir until the sugar dissolves.
2. Add ice, shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Mojito](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mojito.md): Cuba's defining mint highball keeps white rum, lime, sugar, soda, and whole fresh leaves in a cold, fragrant, sparkling balance.
- [Cuba Libre](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cuba-libre.md): Fresh lime turns a rum and cola into a brighter, drier highball, sharpening the cane spirit and cola spice instead of merely decorating them.
- [Beachcomber](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/beachcomber.md): A compact white-rum sour where lime and dry orange liqueur meet enough maraschino to turn a Daiquiri outline floral, nutty, and faintly bitter.
- [Poncha à Pescador](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poncha-a-pescador.md): Madeira cane aguardente, lemon, and sugar are worked vigorously with the traditional mexelote into the spare, lightly foaming fisherman’s Poncha branch.
- [Navy Grog](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/navy-grog.md): A bracing Don the Beachcomber punch in which three distinct rums meet grapefruit, lime, honey, and a small sparkling lift.
- [El Presidente](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/el-presidente.md): An elegant Cuban rum aperitif balancing sweet blanc vermouth with precise accents of orange curaçao and grenadine.
- [Missionary’s Downfall](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/missionarys-downfall.md): Donn Beach's pale-green frozen classic, fragrant with fresh pineapple, mint, peach, honey, and lime over a light rum base.
- [Shrunken Skull](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/shrunken-skull.md): Equal measures of two forceful rums, fresh lime, and real grenadine form a stark, deep-red mid-century tiki sour.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/daiquiri
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/daiquiri-6edd4f56.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/daiquiri/