The Floridita Daiquiri Cocktail is an easy and delicious daiquiri variation! Named after the historic bar in old Havana, this daiquiri will make you feel like you are sitting next to Hemingway enjoying a favorite tipple.
Daiquiri Cocktail Variations
There are as many daiquiri variations as there are stars in the sky.
Okay, not really, but it seems like it.
First of all - What is a Daiquiri? A simple daiquiri is made up of three ingredients: rum, lime and sugar. With only 3 ingredients, you can see why there is plenty of room to play with a daiquiri.
The Floridita or el Floridita is one of our favorite classic rum cocktails. It is similar to a Hemingway daiquiri, but Hemingway liked grapefruit juice in his. By the way, if you look up a Floridita cocktail in an old cocktail book, it is also called Daiquiri No. 1!
Ingredients to Make a Floridita Daiquiri Cocktail
- Maraschino Liqueur - the ingredient that makes this a Floridita and not a regular daiquiri. While you have the bottle handy, try a Double Cherry Old Fashioned!
- Rum - you use a white rum for daiquiris.
- Lime Juice - fresh squeezed. We squeeze ours in batch, enough for about 4-6 cocktails and store it in the fridge.
- Simple Syrup - we make ours also in batch and store it in the fridge. It will keep for about a month in the fridge. Simple syrup is just equal parts water and sugar, heated in a pan, stirred until the sugar dissolves.
How to Make an el Floridita
Begin by chilling your coupe glasses. You can store them in the freezer, but you have to be careful not to break them! We like to just fill our glasses with ice, while we prepare the rest of the cocktails.
Into a cocktail shaker, add 2 ounces of white rum.
Next add ¾ ounce of fresh lime juice to the shaker.
Pour 1 teaspoon of Maraschino liqueur into the shaker. Note - Maraschino liqueur is clear, not red, even though it's a cherry liqueur!
Add 1 teaspoon of simple syrup to the shaker.
Add ice to the shaker, just slightly above the amount of liquid.
Place the lid on and shake for 30 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a lime wheel.
We loved this easy daiquiri variation. If you look for other Floridita cocktail recipes, you might find quite a few that are frozen. We love frozen daiquiris, but decided to not do that with this one, mainly because it was so cold outside!
Yes, we drink daiquiris all year long, straight in the winter, frozen in the summer. If you want to make this frozen, add about 1 ½ cups of ice with the other ingredients and give it a whirl in the blender.
More Delicious Daiquiri Recipes to Love:
- Classic Frozen Daiquiri
- Frozen Banana Daiquiri
- Frozen Mango Daiquiri
- The Best Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri
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Floridita Daiquiri Cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 ounces white rum
- ¾ ounce lime juice fresh
- 1 tsp simple syrup
- 1 tsp Maraschino liqueur
- Lime wheel for garnish
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
- Fill the cocktail shaker about ½ full of ice.
- Shake for 30 seconds and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Catlin Claire Gibson says
Great recipe! It reminds me of sipping icy Daiquiris on the beach in Cuba while on my honeymoon last year. Every summer we are in a cocktail competition while out boating with friends. As a challenge we have made frozen drinks in the past and they worked well by making them the night before and freezing the entire pitcher overnight, which with booze doesn't completely freeze up. After several hours in a cooler it has melted to the perfect consistency. Our past contributions were coconut mojitos and mango mojitos. We will try it next week with this recipe and see how it works!
Pam Greer says
Hope you like it!!
Jo says
Such a clean dreamy cocktail. Looks so pretty. I want a glass of right now.
Charity Beth Long says
I pride myself on knowing lots of vintage cocktails, but this one is new to me! Can't wait to try it! Thanks!
Rebecca@alittleandalot.com says
I actually already had everything on hand to make these tonight and so I did and they were absolutely delicious. Dangerously so. 🙂 Thank you so much for a new favorite cocktail recipe!
Sara says
I am loving this non frozen daiquari for the cold months. I am going to make this to go with a light meal tonight. I have some grapefruit and might make a Hemmingway style one too just because!
Debbie says
Pam this Floridita Daiquiri Cocktail sounds simply amazing. I am always tinkering around trying new cocktails and this has my name all over it. I have never tried Maraschino Liqueur but it sounds like something I need in my collection, so many possibilities.
Jess says
Oh my yum! This cocktail looks and sound so dang good! I can't wait until dry January is up so that I can try this recipe out! YUM!
Denise says
It looks so fresh and thirst quenching. I love that it's easy to make, made with simple ingredients. I am trying this for sure.
Veronika says
This is a great cocktail! Will be perfect for a house party that we are having this weekend! Definitely making it!)
Amber says
Loving this simple cocktail. I like when a recipe has just a little twist from the classic version and I also love cherry so cheers!
Jane Saunders says
Great instructions Pam. So easy to follow - I need to try both versions now.
Jacque Hastert says
This sounds like my kind of cocktail! If only it would take me to Florida I would literally be in heaven!