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{{About|the mixed drink|the Cuban village|Daiquirí}}
{{Infobox drink
| name        = Daiquiri
| image       = Classic_Daiquiri_in_Cocktail_Glass.jpg  
| caption     = Classic daiquiri served in a cocktail glass 
| type        = [[List of cocktails|Cocktail]]
| ingredients ={{plainlist|* 60 ml white Cuban rum
* 20 ml fresh [[lime juice]]
* 2 [[bar spoon]]s superfine sugar}}
| served      = [[Straight up]]: chilled, without ice
| prep        = In a cocktail shaker add all ingredients. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Add ice and shake. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
| drinkware   = [[Cocktail glass]]
}}

The '''daiquiri'''  ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|k|ər|i|,_|ˈ|d|æ|k|-}}; {{langx|es|daiquirí}} {{IPA|es|dajkiˈɾi|}}) is a [[cocktails|cocktail]] whose main ingredients are [[rum]], citrus juice (typically [[lime juice]]), and [[sugar]] or other sweetener.

The daiquiri is one of the [[The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks#Six basic drinks|six basic drinks]] listed in [[David A. Embury]]'s classic ''[[The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks]]'', which also lists some variations.

== Origins ==
''[[Daiquirí, Cuba|Daiquirí]]'' is also the name of a beach and an [[mining|iron mine]] near [[Santiago de Cuba]] in eastern Cuba, and is a word of [[Taíno people|Taíno]] origin.<ref name=taino>{{Cite web |last=The United Confederation of Taíno People |title=Taíno Dictionary |url=http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016055722/http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2007-10-16 |access-date=2007-10-18 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

Historians widely agree that the cocktail was invented by an American mining engineer named [[Jennings Cox]], who was in Cuba (then at the tail-end of the [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Spanish Captaincy-General government]]) at the time of the [[Spanish–American War]] of 1898. It is also possible that [[William A. Chanler]], a [[United States House of Representatives|US congressman]] who purchased the Santiago iron mines in 1902, introduced the daiquiri to clubs in [[New York City|New York]] in that year.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lately |first=Thomas |title=A pride of lions: the Astor orphans; the Chanler chronicle |publisher=W. Morrow |year=1971}}</ref>{{rp|168}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daiquiri cocktail story |url=https://www.diffordsguide.com/g/1083/daiquiri-cocktail/story |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=www.diffordsguide.com |language=en}}</ref>

Originally the drink was served in a [[tall glass]] packed with cracked ice. A teaspoon of sugar was poured over the ice, and the juice of one or two limes was squeezed over the sugar. Two or three ounces of white [[rum]] completed the mixture. The glass was then frosted with a long-handled [[spoon]]. Later the daiquiri evolved to be mixed in a [[cocktail shaker|shaker]] with the same ingredients but with shaved ice. After a thorough shaking, it was poured into a chilled [[coupe glass]].

The Daiquiri was subsequently refined and popularized by Emelio “Maragato” Gonzalez and Constantino “Constante” Ribalaigua Vert in Havana.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daiquiri |url=https://library.cocktailkingdom.com/exh.essential-drinks.html |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Cocktail Kingdom Library}}</ref> 

The basic recipe for a daiquiri is also similar to the [[grog]] British sailors drank aboard ships from the 1780s. By 1795 the [[Royal Navy]] daily grog ration contained rum, water, ¾ ounce of lemon or lime juice, and 2 ounces of sugar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephen R. Bown |url=https://archive.org/details/scurvyhowsurgeon00bown_0/page/181 |title=Scurvy |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |year=2003 |isbn=0-312-31391-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/scurvyhowsurgeon00bown_0/page/181 181] |url-access=registration}}</ref> This was a common drink across the Caribbean, and as soon as ice became available this was included instead of the water.

Consumption of the drink remained localized until 1909, when [[Rear Admiral]] Lucius W. Johnson, a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] medical officer, tried Cox's drink. Johnson subsequently introduced it to the [[Army and Navy Club (Washington, D.C.)|Army and Navy Club]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and drinkers of the daiquiri increased over the space of a few decades. It was one of the favorite drinks of the writer [[Ernest Hemingway]] and U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Salvatore Calabrese |url=https://archive.org/details/completehomebart0000cala |title=Complete Home Bartender's Guide |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completehomebart0000cala/page/76 76] |quote=daiquiri John F Kennedy. |url-access=registration}}</ref>

The drink became popular in the 1940s. [[World War II]] rationing made [[whiskey]] and [[vodka]] hard to come by, yet rum was easily obtainable owing to U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Good Neighbor policy]], which opened up trade and travel relations with Latin America, Cuba, and the Caribbean. The Good Neighbor policy, also known as the Pan-American program, helped make Latin America fashionable.{{according to whom|date=July 2022}} Consequently, rum-based drinks (once frowned upon as the choice of sailors and down-and-outs) also became fashionable, and the daiquiri saw tremendous popularity in the US.

== Variations ==
[[File:Daiquiri de fresa.jpg|thumb|upright|A strawberry daiquiri.]]
* '''Hemingway daiquiri''' ([[Hemingway special]]) – or '''''{{lang|es|papa doble}}''''' – two and a half jiggers of white rum, juice of two limes and half a grapefruit, six drops of [[maraschino]] liqueur, without sugar.<ref name="hotchner">{{Cite book |last=Hotchner |first=A. E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSgFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |title=Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir |date=2005 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=9780306814273 |page=5 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* '''Mulata daiquiri:''' rum mixed with either coffee or chocolate liqueur and with fresh lime juice and sugar syrup<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mulata Daiquiri |url=https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1375/mulata-daiquiri |website=Difford's Guide |access-date=2018-03-06 |archive-date=2015-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317153919/https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1375/mulata-daiquiri |url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''Old Rose daiquiri:''' strawberry syrup and rum along with two teaspoons of sugar and lime juice
* '''[[Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (cocktail)|Royal Bermuda Yacht Club]]:''' Barbados rum, fresh lime juice, [[Cointreau]], and [[falernum]], recorded since 1941.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1701/royal-bermuda-yacht-club |title=Royal Bermuda Yacht Club |work=Difford's Guide |access-date=2024-03-10 |archive-date=2025-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220014029/https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1701/royal-bermuda-yacht-club |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Frozen daiquiri ==
A wide variety of alcoholic mixed drinks made with finely pulverized ice are often called '''frozen daiquirí'''. These drinks can also be combined and poured from a [[blender]], eliminating the need for manual [[pulverisation]] and producing a texture similar to a [[smoothie]]. On larger scales, such drinks are often commercially made in larger machines and come in various flavors with various alcohol or liquors.<ref name="commercial_frozen">{{Cite web |title=Frozen Cocktail Market Size, Share, & Industry Analysis, By Type (Margarita, Mojito, Pina Colada, and Others), By Distribution Channel (On-Trade and Off-Trade), and Regional Forecast, 2024 – 2032 |url=https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/frozen-cocktails-market-103816 |website=Fortune Business Insights |access-date=2024-07-23 |archive-date=2021-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127053817/https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/frozen-cocktails-market-103816 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another way to create a frozen daiquiri (mostly fruit-flavored variants) is by using frozen [[limeade]], providing the required texture, sweetness and sourness all at once.<ref name="strawberry_recipe">{{Cite web |title=Strawberry Daiquiri |url=http://mybestcocktails.com/recipe-80-Strawberry-Daiquiri.html |website=MyBestCocktails}}</ref>

=== Variations === 
* '''Banana daiquiri''' – regular daiquiri with half a banana.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banana Frozen Daiquiri |url=http://iba-world.com/english/cocktails/bfd.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625192421/http://iba-world.com/english/cocktails/bfd.php |archive-date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=28 June 2017 |website=International Bartender Association}}</ref>
* '''Strawberry daiquiri''' – a blender drink of puréed whole strawberries, rum, cane sugar and lime juice

== See also ==
*[[Floridita]] - A historic bar linked to Daiquiri in Havana, Cuba
* [[List of cocktails]]
* [[Caipirinha]] – similar Brazilian cocktail
* [[Ti' Punch]] – similar [[French West Indies#French Caribbean|French Caribbean]] cocktail
* [[Mojito]] – other popular and similar rum cocktail, adding lime, mint and soda
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== References ==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070325212013/http://www.elfloridita.net/pages/daiquiri.php Daiquiri Story]

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Wikibooks inline|Bartending|Cocktails/Daiquiri|Daiquiri}}

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