Classic cocktail

Canchanchara

A traditional 19th-century drink from Trinidad, Cuba, and a forerunner of the Daiquiri. Rum, honey, lime, and water.

Glass
Rocks glass
Method
Build
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
4

Ingredients

  • 2 oz White Rum, Cuban aguardiente in the originalMore White Rum cocktails
  • ½ oz Honey Syrup, IBA: raw honey mixed with water
  • ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1½ oz Still Water, IBA 50 ml; reduce if using honey syrup

Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make it

  1. Add the honey syrup, lime juice, and water to a rocks glass and stir to coat.
  2. Add cracked ice and the rum.
  3. Stir from the bottom up to mix.
  4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

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