The Daiquiri, Cuba

The Daiquiri, a drink whose name comes from the native Taino people of Cuba, originally began as a lemon-based cocktail but quickly evolved into the more familiar rum-lime-sugar drink we know today. Author Ernest Hemingway loved Cuba, and loved to drink — so much so that his favorite Havana bar (El Floridita) named a drink after him, El Papa Doble. This potent concoction consisted of 3-3/4 oz. of Bacardi White Label Rum, the juice of two limes and half a grapefruit, and six drops of maraschino cherry liqueur. Consider that the evil stepfather of the Hemingway Daiquiri, which contains the same fruit juices but a far more modest 2 ounces of rum plus a quarter ounce of simple syrup.