23 Sep El Floridita
Which rum is best for El Floridita Daiquiri mixed drink?
The El Floridita, like the Classic Daiquiri, is most often made with a white rum and is especially branded as such due to Bacardi’s wide advertising influence and availability. However, choosing a rum with barrel age-character like the Dos Maderas 5+3 can add pleasant complexity to the classic with extra notes of vanilla and barrel spice.
About Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum blends the lighter Baja Rum with the richer Guyana style and ages for 5 years in the Caribbean followed by 3 years in Jerez, Spain in Palo Cortado casks. The smooth character of the 5+3 is awash with pleasant vanilla, hazelnut, coconut and subtle maple.
About Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum blends the lighter Baja Rum with the richer Guyana style and ages for 5 years in the Caribbean followed by 3 years in Jerez, Spain in Palo Cortado casks. The smooth character of the 5+3 is awash with pleasant vanilla, hazelnut, coconut and subtle maple.
El Floridita Ingredients - How to make El Floridita using a blender
2 oz. Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
1 oz. fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp. of cane sugar
.5 oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
1.5 cups of crushed ice
El Floridita Recipe - Step by step how to prepare a Classic El Floridita in a blender
1.
Chill a large Coupe or Snifter
2.
Cut a lime in half and juice your limes.
3.
Add all ingredients to your blender
4.
Blend at a medium speed until texture is smooth
5.
Strain into your chilled glass
6.
Garnish with freshly grated lime zest
7.
Serve with a reusable straw
History of El Floridita
Every so often a cocktail comes to fruition born of so much more than its palpable ingredients. The El Floridita is a frappé cocktail, arguably one of the first on record, and was born out of the Classic Daiquiri. It was one of the house specials at a little bar in Havana, Cuba called Bar Florida and likely the drink that led to many folks associating the Daiquiri as a frozen cocktail. During the heyday of Bar Florida or El Florida, there were several Daiquiri variations on the cocktail menus. However, the version that was mixed in an “electric shaker” with crushed ice and served frappé was the El Floridita. In the 1920’s, due to Prohibition in the States, the country’s most able and willing fled the country and wound up working and frequenting establishments in Cuba, whose cocktail scene had already gained merit having been going since the 1850’s. Celebrities including the rising stars of Hollywood and notables like Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene, would either fly down for a drink or take up residence in the area. The Daiquiri was the trendy drink of choice and the newest technology of the times was the Waring blender. All of these elements combined to give creation to the incredibly tasty and refreshing El Floridita. Call it a perfect storm or perhaps a time traveler’s dream vacation.
Tips for the El Floridita Cocktail
Tip 1: Always use fresh lime to prepare the drink a la minute for the best iteration. Part of the great charm of an El Floridita is its bold refreshing sour character, balanced by the sweetness and strength of the sugar and the rum. Also, consider adding some lime zest directly in your blender.
Tip 2: Keep your Rum in the freezer or very cold before blending. Try to do the same with your other ingredients as well.
Tip 3: While not traditional, blending a few mint leaves can be a fun accent for this thirst quencher.
Tips for the El Floridita Cocktail
Tip 1: Always use fresh lime to prepare the drink a la minute for the best iteration. Part of the great charm of an El Floridita is its bold refreshing sour character, balanced by the sweetness and strength of the sugar and the rum. Also, consider adding some lime zest directly in your blender.
Tip 2: Keep your Rum in the freezer or very cold before blending. Try to do the same with your other ingredients as well.
Tip 3: While not traditional, blending a few mint leaves can be a fun accent for this thirst quencher.
El Floridita Variations and types
Essentially, all variants of what we know of today as a Frozen Daiquiri are variations of the El Floridita. Popular iterations include fruits like strawberries, bananas, pineapple, kiwi, etc.
This variant was favored by Papa Doble himself, Ernest Hemingway. It is a less sweet version made with Rum, lime, grapefruit and Maraschino Liqueur and was purported to be dubbed the “Papa Doble” when served with a larger portion of rum to sate Hemingway’s particular thirst.
This is the most well known and popular of the blended El Floridita offspring cocktails. Popularized by chain restaurants and slushie machines all over, the drink is made with fresh or frozen strawberries and often additional sweet elements like strawberry syrup. A more recent trend is a drink that is half frozen Strawberry Daiquiri and half frozen Piña Colada and is known as the Miami Vice.
FAQ
Last we checked, it does! It has a long history having first opened under a different name, the Silver Pineapple, in 1817. Then with the influx of Americans a century later, the establishment was convinced to change their name to Bar Florida. It’s a bit of a historic landmark because of all the vintage celebrity patrons from its heyday including the wildly quoted and forever thirsty, Ernest Hemingway.
The easiest method is to multiply each ingredient by a factor of how many servings you want to make. A typical blender probably can make 3-5 servings comfortably.
The best glassware is a Large Coupe or Snifter.
Powdered sugar usually contains cornstarch which can disrupt the texture and flavor of your syrup into something murky and is not recommended.
A classic El Floridita is made with lime. However, in many Latin American countries, the citrus of choice is called a limón verde which is best described as somewhere between a lemon and a lime. Using a lemon will alter your acid balance and isn’t recommended but you can experiment with a combination of citrus.
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