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The daiquiri is now a general name given to a family of cocktails, which are mixed drinks, in this case alcoholic. Originally, the name daiquiri just referred to one particular drink, but the family has since expanded. The drink is said to have been a favourite of the author Ernest Hemmingway and the former US President John F. Kennedy.
The origin of the daiquiri is not definitely known, but the name, when spelled Daiquirí, is also the name of a beach and an iron mine in Cuba, near Santiago, the second largest city. The name Daiquirí is of Taíno origin, the Taíno being an Arawak people indigenous to the Caribbean. The drink's invention is credited to Jennings Cox, an American mining engineer who was in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Today, the standard drink is made from 9 parts white rum to 5 parts lime juice to 3 parts simple syrup (a sugar and water syrup). The ingredients are poured into a cocktail shaker, along with ice cubes, shaken, and then strained into a chilled cocktail glass.
Some popular variations of the daiquiri include the strawberry daiquiri, which has strawberry added, and the banana daiquiri, to which half a banana is added.
Aaron Gustafson from Hamden, CT, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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