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Cocktail El Presidente

Name: Cocktail El Presidente
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: CU
Ingredients: 45 ml aged white rum (Cuban-style); 22 ml dry white vermouth; 15 ml orange curaçao; 7 ml grenadine; 200 g ice cubes, plus more for the shaker; 1 strip orange peel, for garnish

Prépa

Cuisson

Portions

Facile

Difficulté

Rhum blanc vieilli, vermouth sec et curaçao, secoués avec un trait de grenadine, servis bien frais avec un zeste d'orange.

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Portions

1portion

Ingrédients

Nutrition

calories170

protein0g

carbs11g

fat0g

fiber0g

Par portion

Étapes

Chill the glass

Put a coupe or martini glass in the freezer for a few minutes, or fill it with ice water while you make the drink. A cold glass keeps the cocktail silky instead of watering it down.

✅ C'est prêt quand : the glass feels cold to the touch

Fill the shaker

Fill a cocktail shaker about two-thirds full with ice cubes. The ice should be plentiful; a half-full shaker will not chill or dilute the drink properly.

200 g ice cubes

✅ C'est prêt quand : the shaker is well packed with ice

Add the liquids

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Shake hard and fast

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Strain into the glass

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Garnish and serve

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Chill the glass

Put a coupe or martini glass in the freezer for a few minutes, or fill it with ice water while you make the drink. A cold glass keeps the cocktail silky instead of watering it down.

✅ C'est prêt quand : the glass feels cold to the touch

Fill the shaker

Fill a cocktail shaker about two-thirds full with ice cubes. The ice should be plentiful; a half-full shaker will not chill or dilute the drink properly.

200 g ice cubes

✅ C'est prêt quand : the shaker is well packed with ice

Add the liquids

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Shake hard and fast

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Strain into the glass

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Garnish and serve

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History & Culture

The Story Behind the Dish

📍 Havana📅 1920s–1930s🍹 CU

El Presidente was born in the glamorous bars of Havana in the 1920s, during the years when American visitors flocked to Cuba on holiday boats to drink legally while Prohibition closed the bars back home. It takes its name from the Cuban presidency, and some say it was first mixed in honour of a sitting president, served in the elegant hotel and private club bars of the Vedado neighbourhood.

Unlike many rum cocktails that lean on sugar and citrus, El Presidente is a spirit-forward cocktail that stays light: dry vermouth and curaçao give it a wine-like, orange-scented backbone, while a few drops of grenadine round the edges without turning it sweet.

⭐ Why It's Famous

It is considered Cuba's answer to the martini: elegant, strong and dry, built to show off good aged rum rather than mask it, and still ordered today in Havana's classic cocktail bars.

💡 Fun Fact

Bartenders argue over two versions: an older, drier style close to this one, and a later, sweeter 'El Presidente No. 2' with more grenadine, created once the drink became popular with tourists.

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