Cuba Libre

In 1893, an army lieutenant in Cuba mixed Bacardi rum with a new soft drink called Coca Cola and called it 'Cuba Libre'.

Ingredients

• 2 measures of Bacardi white rum
• 5 measures of cold Coca Cola
• juice of 1/2 a lime

Instructions

Squeeze lime juice directly into glass and add spent lime shell. Fill with ice and add remaining ingredients, serve with straws.

Alcohol Content: 2.0 units

Glass Type: Collins Glass

Variations:

• Cuba Libre Supreme: Add Southern Comfort in place of rum.
  Alcohol Content: 2.0 units
• Kirsch Cuba Libre: Add 1 1/2 measures of Kirsch in place of rum.
  Alcohol Content: 2.5 units