The Daiquiri is traditionally made with white rum, lime juice and sugar and is strongly associated with Havana’s El Floridita bar.
The basic drink is a simple sour: rum supplies the spirit, lime provides acidity and sugar balances it. It is usually shaken with ice and strained, although frozen versions became especially popular in the twentieth century.
The cocktail takes its name from Daiquirí, a village and iron-mining area in eastern Cuba. One famous origin account credits American mining engineer Jennings Cox with mixing an early version there in the 1890s.
The Daiquiri is often confused with the Hemingway Special, also called the Papa Doble. That variation is made with rum, grapefruit juice, lime juice and maraschino liqueur, and is associated with Ernest Hemingway. The classic Daiquiri itself has no grapefruit or maraschino liqueur.