Cuba Libre Cocktail – Creative Culinary
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Cuba Libre Cocktail
I love a Cuba Libre Cocktail; it’s probably the easiest one to make and the combination of sweet Coca-Cola and lime just hit the spot!
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This is a simple cocktail but it’s one of my favorites; simple to make and so refreshing it’s something I can drink year round.
The truth is that long before I ever tried a Cuba Libre I was long hooked on Coca Cola with a slice of lime. Somewhere along the way (of course not until I was 21!!) I was introduced to my favorite drink with an adult beverage as part of the mix.
Immediate love. It may be a simple drink but it does not have a simple history.
After the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898, the United States occupied Cuba until 1902 and in a twist that seems appropriate for a major corporation in today’s climate, that also signaled the beginning of sales of Coca Cola in Cuba.
In August of 1900, while celebrating the US victory over Spain in Cuba, Captain Russell of the United States Army Signal Corps, ordered Bacardi rum (at that time THE rum of Cuba) with a Coca Cola and a slice of lime.
His toast of “Por Cuba libre!” in celebration of a free Cuba had a special political significance and was frequently used by Cubans and Americans alike; the name and the cocktail were forever married and that was that.
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