Cuba Libre

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The Mix

Lime juice (2-3 slices)
1 part dark or light rum
2 parts cola

In a highball filled filled with ice juice limes and drop them in the glass. Add rum and coke and stir gently.

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Toots's Cuba Libres

Toots serves his Cuba Libres with Alnwick dark rum and garnishes them with a lime

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Trivia & Variations

Cuba Libre means "Free Cuba" and is said to have been created in Havana, Cuba in 1901. A Cuba Libre is just a rum and coke with lime. 

The Cuba Pintada ("stained Cuba") is one part rum with two parts club soda and a splash of cola to tint the color.

The Cuba Campechana ("half-and-half Cuba") is one part rum topped with equal parts of club soda and cola.

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