Typical Flavor

Classic Build

Glass:

Highball or Collins

Garnish:

Mint sprig and lime wheel

Typical way it's made: 2 oz white rum, 1 oz lime juice, 0.75 oz simple syrup, 8 to 10 mint leaves gently muddled, club soda to top

Heritage

Era:

Pre-Prohibition

Origin:

Havana, Cuba

The Story

Havana folklore starts it with El Draque, a 16th-century medicinal mix of raw cane spirit, lime, mint, and sugar named for the English privateer Francis Drake. Refined rum eventually replaced the firewater, soda lengthened it, and by the early 20th century it was a Havana standard. No one owns it; La Bodeguita del Medio simply claims it loudest.

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