Daiquiri is a group of cocktails prepared with rum, fresh lime juice, and sugar as the key ingredients. Supposedly, it was invented in the late 19th century by Jennings Cox, an American mining engineer who was staying in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

The cocktail was named after the beach and an iron mine near Santiago de Cuba. The drink was probably introduced to high-class New Yorkers in 1902 by a US congressman who purchased the Santiago iron mines, but it gained fame during World War II when trade and travel relations with Latin America opened up due to Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy, so Latin America became fashionable.

It is quite simple to prepare a good Daiquiri: all ingredients are shaken with ice, and then poured into a chilled glass garnished with a lime wheel. Variations of the classic Daiquiri include Banana Daiquiri, Avocado Daiquiri, and Hemingway Daiquiri or Papa Doble, a slightly bitter cocktail made without sugar, but with the addition of maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice, named after the famous writer who loved it.