What a great day to write my first blog, July 19 National Daiquiri Day.
Daiquiri,
the cocktail which has been my first preference from the day I first
sipped & relished a classically made Bacardi Original Daiquiri.
The
drink which many people associate with author Ernest Hemingway was in
fact invented in 1898 in the small iron mining town of Daiquiri near
Santiago, Cuba by an engineer named Jennings Stockton Cox. He came up
with the drink, a simple blend of lime juice, sugar and local Bacardi
rum (est. 1862) over cracked ice as a way to boost the morale of mine
workers during the sizzling summer months. It was such a success Cox
not only received a generous stipend from the mining company but also
a monthly gallon of Bacardi.
Simple
to mix yet poised.
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