Those of you that have met me (and those of you that talk to me on Twitter) will probably know that I have a penchant for a rum.
I started to get in to rum after my sister came back from Cuba with a couple of bottles of the Havana Club Anejo Blanco, and ever since this has been my favourite rum. I quite liked Morgans Spiced Rum and like most of the other Havana Club ones that I have been able to try, though only the Anejo 3 Anos seems readily available. My favourite – particularly for the Cuba Libre remains the Anejo Blanco.
What I would say – if you think that you don’t like rum because of the vileness that is Bacardi, please give one of these rums a try. I am very much not a fan of Bacardi – and would probably pass on a drink altogether if I knew it was in there.
This is a truly simple cocktail (I do wonder sometimes if it actually “counts” as a cockail), as follows:
What you will need to make the Cuba Libre
50ml Havana Club Anejo Blanco
1/4-1/2 of a lime
Small Handful of Ice
Cola
How to make the Cuba Libre
Chop the lime into sizable chunks and place in the bottom of a large tumbler glass
Squish the limes down
Put the ice in the bottom of the glass and bash a little
Pour in the Rum
Top the glass up with Cola
Then – go and take it out into the sunshine and enjoy!
I am pretty well supplied for the making of a good Cuba Libre. Due to cheeky tweeting at Las Iguanas on Twitter, I was sent a nice lime squisher:
And one of my bottles of Havana Club Anejo Blanco came with the perfect sized glass:
