Cuba Libre
Rum and Coke with lime. More than the sum of its parts.
SweetColaCitrus
Ingredients
- Rum2 oz (60 ml)
- Cola4 oz (120 ml)
- Lime Wedge1
How to make it
- Build in a highball glass over ice.
- Squeeze lime.
Glass: Highball
May contain: Caffeine. Always check your own bottles.
History
The Cuba Libre was born in Havana around the turn of the 20th century, after Coca-Cola reached the island following the 1898 Spanish-American War. Rum and cola squeezed with lime, it took its name — 'Free Cuba' — from the rallying cry of the island's independence movement.
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