El Presidente
Description
El Presidente is an elegant white rum-based cocktail born in Cuba in the 1920s. The grenadine syrup creates a beautiful golden color, and the orange and lemon flavors harmonize with the vermouth aroma, creating a fruity and refined taste. While bearing the name of a Cuban president, its flavor expresses an unrestrained free spirit.
Origin
Country of Origin: Cuba （1920年代）
Created in Cuba in the 1920s as a tribute to then-President Mario García Menocal. It became beloved by Americans who fled to Cuba during Prohibition and became a symbol of freedom and liberation.
Birth Date Meaning
A free spirit seeking liberation without constraints
As the name honors the Cuban President, it represents a free spirit liberated from power and constraints
Famous Quotes
- "Freedom is like the harmony of rum and orange" - Hemingway-style expression
Trivia
- Born in Cuba in the 1920s and named after President Mario García Menocal
- Representative cocktail that Americans drank when they went to Cuba during Prohibition
- One of the cocktails that Hemingway loved to drink during his stay in Cuba
- Still served with traditional recipes at the historic bar 'Floridita' in Havana
- Though the name means 'president' in Spanish, it actually symbolizes freedom and liberation
Recipe
Ingredients:
- White Rum - 30 ml
- Dry Vermouth - 15 ml
- Orange Curaçao - 15 ml
- Grenadine Syrup - 1 dash
Instructions:
- Add ice to shaker
- Add 30ml white rum
- Add 15ml dry vermouth
- Add 15ml orange curaçao
- Add 1 dash grenadine syrup
- Shake well
- Strain into cocktail glass