Strawberry Daiquiri Recipe Trivia - Invention of the Original Daiquiri

Invention of the Original Daiquiri

Check out the article from 1937 from the Miami Herald that reveals the origin of the daiquiri!

The initial invention of the daiquiri occurred in Cuba in the late 1800s where limes and rum were readily available. It was only natural for locals to begin combining these ingredients to make cocktails due to the great taste of the combination. The adoption of this idea by American mining engineers led to the spread of this recipe and the popularity the drink later enjoyed.

In 1898 U.S. troops arrived at Daiquiri, the name of a beach in Cuba near the city of Santiago. It is probable that U.S. military personnel simply adopted the local custom of mixing lime juice and rum, however, there is a common story that says a man named Jennings Cox, a mining engineer, invented the drink. The story claims he ran out of gin while serving American visitors and used the lime juice to avoid having to serve them straight rum (for fear it would be too harsh for them).

Regardless of whether the original daiquiri was copied by many Americans from the locals, or if Mr. Cox created it in a spur of the moment decision, a man named Admiral Lucius Johnson brought the drink back from Cuba to the States in 1909. He was a medical officer in the U.S. Navy, and after learning of the drink from the personnel at Daiquiri, Cuba, he introduced it to friends at the Army and Navy Club in Washington. It was the introduction of the drink to these people that led to its further spread and popularity.

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