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Old Cuban (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by xelareko to c/cocktails

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This was a lovely cocktail that I made for my wife, a lover of rum. It was a pretty good way to use up some less than stellar champagne that was left over from New Year's.

10 mint leaves, muddled (plus more for garnish)
¾ oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
2 oz aged rum
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 oz champagne

Directions

Muddle mint in shaker with lime juice.
Add the simple syrup, aged rum, and bitters and shake with ice.
Strain into glass. I used a Hawthorne strainer as well as a sieve to minimize the mint bits in the drink.
Top with champagne.

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[–] xelareko 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wish I took pictures of the other cocktails that I made this weekend. We had six people over and we all did some sort of Cocktail science and wrote down the recipes that we liked. I will eventually workshop them into actual drinks that can appeal to more than just the one person that made it.

One of their favorite drinks was a bourbon milk punch that used my chai spiced simple syrup. Everyone was calling it "just milk" because a milk punch looks like you have put ice in a glass of milk and nothing else. The taste is spectacular though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Imagine how hard it would be to order "just milk" at a bar haha. Much confusion 😅

[–] xelareko 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"What's that cocktail you have?"

"Oh, Just Milk."

"That's not a cocktail"

"Yeah it is like 1/3 bourbon."

"...You must have had a weird childhood"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried this last year and really liked it! I think we had the same experience – good for using up leftovers, and refreshing.

Blog post: https://myoung.uk/blog/posts/old-cuban/

[–] xelareko 1 points 9 months ago

It was surprisingly good considering it is just a mojito that you top with champagne. I think I am going to make it at other celebrations. It feels like it should be a classic cocktail, but it was first invented in 2001.

If you like rum, this is a must try cocktail!