Cuba Libre

The Cuba Libre is a Cocktail which consists of Rum, Lime, and Coca Cola.

Who created the Cuba Libre?

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Historical Quotes

PORTS OF THE SUN: A GUIDE TO THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, NASSAU, HAVANA AND PANAMA (1937)

• by Eleanor Early
• Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company

Pg. 289 (HAVANA): "There is a bar at the airport, and the customs doctor bought me my first _Cuba Libre_, which is a drink that Cubans love, though I cannot tell you why. It is made of Bacardi and Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola kills the Bacardi, which makes it silly if you happen to like Bacardi."

12 July 1938, CATERING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE, "Cocktails for Two by James E. Hickey," pg. 33, col. 2

"The Cuba Libre is zooming up to new popularity heights already this summer...It is rum and Coca-Cola, and the prim Coca-Cola people don't like the idea so much."

Common Recipes

Recipe #1: Cocktaildb.com

• Build
• 1 1/2 oz light rum (4.5 cl, 3/8 gills)
• Fill with ice, Cola
• Squeeze of lime
• Serve in a tall glass (14.0 oz)

Recipe #2: Dale DeGroff

• 2 oz. Cuban Rum
• Coco Cola
• Lime wedge

Pour the rum over ice in the highball glass and fill with coca cola. Squeeze in a lime wedge.

Recipe #3

• 50ml Havana Club 3 year old Rum
• 15ml Fresh Lime Juice
• Coca Cola

Build over ice, in a Tall Glass. Garnish with a Lime Wedge.