How to make an original Daiquiri - Masterclass

What are the best ingredients to use to make a delicious Daiquiri, the way it was originally intended? Are there any tips you need to know that will help? Look no further than this Daiquiri Masterclass!

A good Daiquiri is seen as a badge of honour amongst bartenders as it is so simple but so easy to screw up.

The simple combination of lime, sugar and white rum has stood the test of time, but I’m going to show you how to master the balance of these three ingredients so you'll be transporting you and your pals to sunny Cuba in no time!

Method:

60ml (2 oz) Bacardi Carta Blanca rum
20ml (2/3 oz) fresh lime juice
10ml (1/3 oz) cane sugar syrup
Lime zest
Lots of ice

Cut a small strip of lime zest off your lime, with as little pith as possible (you want the aromatic oils but not too much bitterness).

Squeeze your lime and add all the ingredients, including zest, to your shaker.

Shake hard and for a little longer than you think you should.

Strain in to ice cold coupe and serve!

So know you know.

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[pilotwall]

I could listen to this lass all day long

[eduardodifarnecio]

I didn’t know rum was cheep. Just found out. I had one of these in Havana, Cuba. They pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable, not the first, as most anglophones do. Your posts, as edifying as they are delicious, never disappoint. Thank you.

[lesbutler]

Every video is informative, entertaining, and concise. This channel is excellent.

[ianholmes]

I really like the format of the short, and long, video of each cocktail. I now understand the Daiquiri a lot better! Kudos for mentioning the Nuclear Daiquiri - it's one of my favorite variations!

[girishsadashiv]

Ultimate knowledge of history and presentation is excellent!

[richardn]

Replace half the rum with Goldschlager and up the sugar syrup slightly to a 60:20:15 ratio to make an amazing Cinnamon Daiquiri (I used to have this in a long-since-closed bar in Oxford and experimented until I came close enough to what they served!).
Love your video series by the way - great production and such a natural presenter.

[Jean_E]

Just tried this for the first time. Amazingly simple and good 👌

[squirrely]

That looks delicious, I wish I could be on the beach drinking one!

[bahayalak]

Your page is a gem. I am learning a lot! Thank you!

[btmtbd]

This is a great video. I've been following great cocktail youtubers for years and am SO happy to have found Behind the Bar. If a daiquiri is the bartenders handshake then the daiquiri video should be considered the cocktail youtubers handshake.
This is great, brilliant attitude to bringing history, playfulness and learning. Loved the intro to variations also. Lime pith in my next daiquiri? Never tried it before, so yes, i'm in!
Subscribe now, highly recommended.

[KG-vimv]

I had no idea that Bacardi had such history and complexity!

[konradkurz]

A favorite classic of mine, even with all the fancy and complicated cocktails out there, I still find myself regularly going back to this drink! I like to mix things up every so often and swap the light for dark, adding a 3 to 1 ratio of spanish style aged rum (columbia's La Hachicera 21 solera is a favorite) to jamaican aged rum (Plantation Vintage Jamaica 2005 for that hogo funk with cognac-rounded edges) to get a bit more of a funky note from mid-palate to finish :) Love the interplay of citrus and spirit in perfect simplicity. Another great video with a bit of history and I look forward to trying the nuclear daiquiri sometime soon. Great work!

[Barprints]

Thanks for the history Cara. I've made more than my fair share over the years but never took to the to learn the story behind it.

[rocnathan]

Great video! Although I like to think no daquiri lesson is complete without metioning the bacardi cocktail, which IMO is one of the most perfect aperitifs ever. As for favorite variations, one of the great things about the daquiri is that there are a bajillion varations and you never run out of new ones to try. I will never ever get tired of the papa doble, but right now, I absolutely swear by the mulata daquiri.

[rowdy]

Just discovered the channel while searching for advice on improving my Daiquiris. Love the style and approach thanks. Looking forward to discovering more.

[SW]

Many thanks for your great videos, very helpful

[charliehelmijr]

Truly great and informative video. Thank you!

[Humanity]

You are so beautiful, your voice is so sweet and your style is so graceful.

[leegarrett]

I'm amazed that this channel isn't much larger. I really love your videos, and I hope you can keep making them!

[niluje]

I had to double check the subtitles at the very end! 😄 the nuclear daiqiri is described as "horrible and zesty" instead of "herbal"... But don't get me wrong, I find it amazing that your videos are subtitled, thanks!!