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In order to better navigate the cocktail list offered by the bars and not be trapped by ordering a combination you don’t like, get acquainted with the composition of the most famous cocktails. By the way, many of them can be prepared at home on your own if you have all the ingredients you need.
Mojito
This Cuban drink was born in Havana, in a small family restaurant that still exists today. The name mojito, according to legend, comes from “mohadito”, which means “slightly moist”.
The composition of the mojito is rum, sugar syrup, soda water (sprite), mint and lime.
Cosmopolitan
According to one version, this cocktail was created as part of an advertising campaign for Absolut vodka. with lemon flavor. According to the second author of the cocktail is a bartender from Florida Cheryl Cook, and improved and “replicated” it already in the recipe we are used to by Toby Cizzini from Manhattan. For a while, Cosmopolitan was popular with gay club goers, and after the release of Sex and the City, the cocktail became popular everywhere.
Cocktail ingredients – orange liqueur, cranberry juice, lemon juice, vodka and orange peel essential oil.
Pina colada
Pina colada – “filtered pineapple” – was originally the name of freshly squeezed pineapple juice. Then they began to mix it with rum and later in the twentieth century in Puerto Rico a cocktail was born based on these ingredients.
The composition of Pina Colada is white rum, coconut syrup and pineapple juice.
Margaret
This Latin American cocktail was born in 1936-1948 and in one way or another is associated with the name of the girl – Margarita. The first version devotes the cocktail to the American actress Marjorie King, who could not drink any alcoholic beverages. For her, the proportions of a modern cocktail were selected. The second legend insists that a certain bartender from Huarez confused the order of the cocktail and made it at his own discretion. He named the drink that immediately became a hit after the flowers of daisies. These are not all versions of the origin of the cocktail, but since none of the authors patented the recipe, there are still disputes around it.
The composition of Margarita is tequila, orange liqueur and lemon juice.
Screwdriver
According to the version of the origin, the screwdriver got its name from American petroleum engineers working in Iraq, who mixed vodka with juice using a screwdriver tool.
Cocktail ingredients – vodka and orange juice.
Bloody Mary
And again, there is no consensus about who is the author of this iconic cocktail. One source says it was invented by George Jessel in 1939 as a hangover drug. Others associate the cocktail with the name of the English Queen Mary I Tudor, who was behind her back called the Bloody Mary for her cruel treatment of Protestants.
Cocktail ingredients – vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, fresh celery, Worcestershire sauce, tabasco, salt and ground pepper.
Tequila Sunrise
This cocktail was invented in the 30-40s at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and had a completely different recipe. It got its name for its appearance – the components of the cocktail settled to the bottom, mixing with the juice a play of color was obtained, similar to the dawn.
The composition of Tequila Sunrise is tequila, orange juice and pomegranate syrup.
Daiquiri
The history of the creation of the cocktail takes us to Cuba, where a certain engineer Jennings Coxe went to the Daiquiri region on an expedition. To quench the thirst of his workers, he used the rum he had and the lime juice and sugar begged from the locals, diluting simple cocktails with ice.
Cocktail ingredients – white rum, lemon juice and sugar syrup.
Cuba Libre
The Havana cocktail was invented in 1900. American soldiers mixed Cuban rum and cola, toasting to a free Cuba: “Viva la Cuba libre.”
Cuba Libre’s ingredients are white rum, coca cola and fresh lime.
Dry Martini
Dry recipe was born at the turn of the XNUMXth century. According to legend, New York bartender Martini di Armadi Taggia combined equal proportions of gin and Noilly Prat and added a drop of orange bitter. According to another version, the author of the cocktail was Jerry Thomas, a resident of San Francisco. He mixed the cocktail at the request of the gold digger, who went on an expedition to the city of Martinez. The cocktail gained worldwide fame thanks to its appearance in American films.
Cocktail ingredients – gin, dry vermouth and olive.
All cocktails are served chilled with ice and garnished with optional fruit.