Airmail Recipe
A honey Daiquiri finished with champagne: rum, lime and honey underneath, dry bubbles on top.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Martini glass
- ABV: 16%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- White rum45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Champagne30 ml (1 oz)
- Fresh lime juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Honey syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Add the rum, lime juice and honey syrup to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Top with the champagne and garnish with an orange or lime peel.
Garnish
Orange or lime peel
The Story
It first appeared in a Bacardi promotional booklet printed in Cuba around 1930, when airmail was the fastest way to send anything; Esquire's Handbook for Hosts reprinted it in 1949.
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