Rosie Schaap's Cuba Libre

Name: Rosie Schaap's Cuba Libre
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 to 3 ounces light rum; Cola (preferably cane cola, such as Mexican Coca-Cola or Boylan), to fill; Squeeze of lime, plus a lime wedge for garnish

By Rosie Schaap

Total Time: 5 minutes
Rating: 4(43)
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Real cane cola makes a difference in this classic highball. Try to find Mexican Coca-Cola or Boylan sugar cane cola if you can.

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink

2 to 3ounces light rum
Cola (preferably cane cola, such as Mexican Coca-Cola or Boylan), to fill
Squeeze of lime, plus a lime wedge for garnish

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Preparation

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Step 1
Fill a highball glass with ice and add rum, cola to fill and squeeze of lime. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

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dag735 years ago

My Grandfather (a Caribian guy) had it always with a few 'Angostura' Drops... And it made the Difference!

Christian W2 years ago

I add a few drops of Aztec chocolate bitters to the rum before adding Mexican Coke.

dag735 years ago

My Grandfather (a Caribian guy) had it always with a few 'Angostura' Drops... And it made the Difference!

William R. Locke5 years ago

Costco, and some times BJ's, stock cases of Mexican Coca Cola. I agree that the cane sugar makes a whole world of difference in the flavor, helped by the fact that the soda is in glass bottles and not cans.

Anita T. Monroe5 years ago

It's not always possible to find Mexican cola..Grocery stories usually carry a few bottles, but they disappear almost as soon as they go on the shelves...Coca-Cola has put our a new "green" cola, but it is still not RIGHT for those of us who grew up with the real thing right here in the South..I would buy it regardless of the cost if it were available...

Barbara5 years ago

Try a cash and carry restaurant supply store they usually carry Mexican cola, even for those of us who live wat north of the Mexico border, I live on Canadian border, at least worth a try

janet6 years ago

Mexican cola makes this drink!

GB6 years ago

Just a basic rum and coke. would rather use the cola in a float with ice cream.

William Shaw6 years ago

"Savor the irony"? What irony? We all drank cuba libres when we went to Mexico in the early '60s. I remember a waiter saying "libre Cuba", which is perhaps not good Castilian, but he got his point across.

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