"Chapman (drink) A Chapman is a non-alcoholic drink of Nigerian origin, sometimes referred to is as a non-alcoholic punch. The red coloured drink is traditionally made with a mix of Fanta, Sprite, Cucumber, Lemon, Grenadine and Angostura bitters and is traditionally served in a large mug with ice and a few slices of cucumber. It is often described as Nigeria's favourite drink and though predominantly served without alcohol, it can also be served with a hint of vodka or rum. It is believed that the cocktail originated in Ikoyi Club, Lagos, Nigeria. The drink was created by a bartender at"
"ingredients, but the main ingredients are always rum and cola. The International Bartenders Association recipe calls for 5 centiliters of light rum, 12 cl of cola, and 1 cl of fresh lime juice on ice. However, any amount and proportion of rum and cola may be used. Additionally, while light rum is traditional, dark rums and other varieties are also common. Different colas are also often used; in fact in Cuba, as Coca-Cola has not been imported since the U.S. embargo of 1960, the domestic TuKola is used in Cuba Libres. Lime is traditionally included, though it is often left"
"out, especially when the order is for just ""rum and Coke"". Some early recipes called for lime juice to be mixed in, though others included lime only as a garnish. Other early recipes called for additional ingredients such as gin and bitters. Some sources consider lime essential for a drink to be a true Cuba Libre, which they distinguish from a mere rum and Coke. However, lime is frequently included even in orders for ""rum and Coke"". When aged añejo rum is used, the drink is sometimes called a Cubata, a name also used informally in Spain for any Cuba"
"called it ""the classic mediocre Caribbean-American highball"", which ""became a classic despite not being especially good"". Charles A. Coulombe considers the Cuba Libre a historically important drink, writing that it is ""a potent symbol of a changing world order – the marriage of rum, lubricant of the old colonial empires, and Coca-Cola, icon of modern American global capitalism"". Additionally, both rum and Coca-Cola are made from Caribbean ingredients, and became global commodities through European and American commerce. According to Coulombe, the drink ""seems to reflect perfectly the historical elements of the modern world"". Recipes vary somewhat in measures and additional"
"Libre. Some modern recipes inspired by older ones include additional ingredients such as bitters. Some call for other colas such as Mexican Coke (which uses cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup) or Moxie. More elaborate variants with additional ingredients include the Cinema Highball, which uses rum infused with buttered popcorn and mixed with cola. Another is the Mandeville Cocktail, which includes light and dark rum, cola, and citrus juice along with Pernod absynthe and grenadine. Rum and Coke Rum and Coke, or the Cuba Libre (; , ""Free Cuba""), is a highball cocktail consisting of cola, rum, and in"
"other countries. Its simple recipe and inexpensive, ubiquitous ingredients have made it one of the world's most popular alcoholic drinks. Drink critics often consider the drink mediocre, but it has been noted for its historical significance. The drink was created in Cuba in the early 1900s, but its exact origins are not known with certainty. It became popular shortly after 1900, when bottled Coca-Cola was first imported into Cuba from the United States. Its origin is associated with the heavy U.S. presence in Cuba following the Spanish–American War of 1898; the drink's traditional name, ""Cuba Libre"" (Free Cuba), was the"
"slogan of the Cuban independence movement. The Cuba Libre is sometimes said to have been created during the Spanish–American War. However, this predates the first distribution of Coca-Cola to Cuba in 1900. A drink called a ""Cuba Libre"" was indeed known in 1898, but this was a mix of water and brown sugar. Fausto Rodriguez, a Bacardi advertising executive, claimed to have been present when the drink was first poured, and produced a notarized affidavit to that effect in 1965. According to Rodriguez, this took place in August 1900, when he was a 14-year-old messenger working for a member of"
"Materva, a Cuban soda made of yerba mate. Jupiña, Ironbeer and Cawy lemon-lime are soft drinks which originated in Cuba. Since the Castro era, they are also produced in Miami. Other famous Cuban drinks include guarapo de caña. A popular drink of Cuban origin is the Cuba Libre, a mix of Cuban rum and cola, usually Coca-Cola and mojitos. Until the early 2010s, Cuban Americans historically tended to be more Republican than Democratic, thanks to the anti-communist foreign policy platform of Ronald Reagan. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion left many Cubans distrustful of the Democratic Party, blaming John F."
"Cuba, many recipes call for the use of Bacardi White Rum. Cuban Sunset The Cuban Sunset is cocktail made from rum and a mixture of lemonade, lime soda, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. The drink is made from rum and a mixture of lime soda, lemonade, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. It originated in either Havana or Varadero as a variety of a traditional Cuban guava-based drink. In Cuba, the drink is commonly served (along with either a Cubata or Mojito) as a pre-dinner ""coctel"". The Cuban variety of the cocktail commonly uses extra guava nectar in place of grenadine"
"Cuban Sunset The Cuban Sunset is cocktail made from rum and a mixture of lemonade, lime soda, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. The drink is made from rum and a mixture of lime soda, lemonade, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. It originated in either Havana or Varadero as a variety of a traditional Cuban guava-based drink. In Cuba, the drink is commonly served (along with either a Cubata or Mojito) as a pre-dinner ""coctel"". The Cuban variety of the cocktail commonly uses extra guava nectar in place of grenadine syrup, and the drink normally contains Havana Club rum. Outside of"
"In the early 1970s it was called ""Rioja Libre"" or ""Cuba Libre del pobre"" (poor man's Cuba Libre) in some Spanish provinces. The current name, """"Kalimotxo"""", is attributed to the ""Antzarrak cuadrilla"" (""Geese young friends circle""), which supposedly coined it during the 1972 Puerto Viejo festivities (in Algorta, Getxo, Basque Country). Legend has it that the servers in one of the """"txosna"""" (stands in Basque festivals where drinks are served) noticed that the wine they had bought was not in good condition, so they decided to mix it with something to kill the sour taste. The inventors of the mixture"
"Mojito Mojito (; ) is a traditional Cuban highball. Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, soda water, and mint. Its combination of sweetness, citrus, and mint flavors is intended to complement the rum, and has made the mojito a popular summer drink. The cocktail has a relatively low alcohol content (about 10% alcohol by volume). When preparing a mojito, fresh lime juice is added to sugar (or to simple syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should"
"& Sprit in March 2008. Since 2004, the alcohol content of Kahlúa is 20.0%; earlier versions had 26.5%. In 2002, a more expensive, high-end product called ""Kahlúa Especial"" became available in the United States, Canada and Australia after previously being offered only in duty-free markets. Made with arabica coffee beans grown in Veracruz, Mexico, Kahlúa Especial has an alcohol content of 36%, has a lower viscosity, and is less sweet than the regular version. Kahlúa is used to make cocktails or drink neat or on ice. Some people use it when baking desserts, and/or as a topping for ice cream,"
"called a ""Virgin Mojito"" or ""Nojito"". The Cojito adds coconut flavor, often through the use of coconut-flavored rum. The South Side is made with gin instead of rum; the South Side Fizz adds seltzer water. Mojito Mojito (; ) is a traditional Cuban highball. Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, soda water, and mint. Its combination of sweetness, citrus, and mint flavors is intended to complement the rum, and has made the mojito a popular summer drink. The cocktail has a relatively low alcohol content (about"
"Caribou (drink) Caribou is a sweet Québécois alcoholic beverage composed of red wine, hard liquor (usually whisky), and maple syrup or sugar. Caribou can be made at home but is now available as a premixed beverage by the Société des alcools du Québec. It can be consumed hot or cold depending on the weather and served with citrus and cinnamon in the manner of mulled wine. Cloves and nutmeg are also commonly added to flavour the drink. The beverage has numerous variations but it is usually made by mixing: These two are usually combined with a proportion of 75% to"
"is an ingredient in both tonic water and bitter lemon. In the US, quinine is listed as an ingredient in some Diet Snapple flavors, including Cranberry-Raspberry. In France, quinine is an ingredient of an known as , or ""Cap Corse,"" and the wine-based Dubonnet. In Spain, quinine (""Peruvian bark"") is sometimes blended into sweet Malaga wine, which is then called ""Malaga Quina"". In Italy, the traditional flavoured wine Barolo Chinato is infused with quinine and local herbs and is served as a . In Canada and Italy, quinine is an ingredient in the carbonated chinotto beverages Brio and San Pellegrino."
"milk, and rum. This drink includes different ingredients as well. (Full recipe can be seen below) Sometimes in Cuba the drink is accompanied by coconut ice cream. This creamy alcoholic drink is also very similar to Coquito because like Crème de Vie it also contains Evaporated Milk, Sweetened Condensed Milk, and rum. This drink is also served throughout the holiday season and with a sweeter meal like desert. The rum that is preferably used is Barbancourt, but other rum can be used. Rompope has the same creamy consistency as Coquito, but has different ingredients. The drink was originally created by"
"Cocuy The Cocuy Liquor or Cocuy is an alcoholic beverage from the fermented juices of the head, body or leaves of ""Agave cocui"", autochthonous plant from the American tropic, extracted by the artisans in the regions of Falcón and Lara, in Venezuela. Both the plant and their products have been declared by government decree as a cultural and natural heritage of the Falcon State (October 2000), cultural heritage of the Lara State (November 2001) and cultural and ancestral heritage of Venezuela (July 2006). Since 2013, the liquor became popular in Caracas premises serving cocktails based in Cocuy. The Cocuy liquor"
"Cuba, catching on due to the pervasiveness of its ingredients. Havana was already known for its iced drinks in the 19th century, as it was one of the few warm-weather cities that had abundant stores of ice shipped down from colder regions. Bacardi and other Cuban rums also boomed after independence brought in large numbers of foreign tourists and investors, as well as new opportunities for exporting alcohol. Light rums such as Bacardi became favored for cocktails, as they were considered to mix better than harsher dark rums. Coca-Cola had been a common mixer in the United States ever since"
"It is then taken straight as shots, mulled with cinnamon (""canela"" in Spanish) and fruit juices to make the hot cocktail ""canelazo"", or mixed with the juice of agave masts and Grenadine syrup for the hot cocktail ""draquita"". Locally or artisanally made aguardiente is commonly called ""punta"", ""puro"" or ""trago"", and alcohol content can vary widely, from ""mild"" ""puntas"" of about 10% to ""strong"" of about 40% or higher. The traditional distillation process produces aguardiente as strong as 60 g/L. Every Ecuadorian province has a slightly different flavour to the aguardiente produced there, and equally each province has a different"
"similar to vodka since it is triple distilled. Mexico produces a number of brands of light and dark rum, as well as other less-expensive flavored and unflavored sugarcane-based liquors, such as ""aguardiente de caña"" and ""charanda"". A spirit known as ""aguardiente"", distilled from molasses and often infused with anise, with additional sugarcane juice added after distillation, is produced in Central America and northern South America. In West Africa, and particularly in Liberia, 'cane juice' (also known as Liberian rum or simply ""CJ"" within Liberia itself) is a cheap, strong spirit distilled from sugarcane, which can be as strong as 43%"
"El Presidente (cocktail) The El Presidente is a mix of rum, orange curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine. The El Presidente earned its acclaim in Havana, Cuba during the 1920s through the 1940s during the American Prohibition. It quickly became the preferred drink of the Cuban upper class. There are two rival stories of who the cocktail is named after. One is Gerardo Machado who was president 1925-1933. The other is Mario García Menocal who was president 1913-1921. Machado gave Pan American Airways (Pan Am) exclusive rights to fly the Florida-Havana route. This may be the reason that Pan Am served"
"roasted grains, and earthy, citrusy hop aromas. A frothy entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium body of candied citrus peels, mild spice, flan, and toasted grains. Finishes with a long, nutty, citrus-accented, piney fresh hop fade. Cucapá Light ""3.5% ABV"" Light Lager. Flavorful light lager with reduced alcohol and calories. Cucapá Barleywine ""10.0% ABV"" Barleywine. Dark reddish mahogany color. Roasted malt and dark caramel aromas. A rich, thick entry leads to a very sweet molasses and chocolate covered citrus flavors. Finishes with a mild, bitter hop fade. Cucapá Jefe ""4.5% ABV"" This Hefeweizen style beer without filtration process, made with"
"local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and mint. Lime juice on its own would have significantly prevented scurvy and dysentery, and tafia/rum was soon added as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was the original combination of these ingredients. Some historians contend that African slaves who worked in the Cuban sugar cane fields during the 19th century were instrumental in the cocktail's origin. Guarapo, the sugar cane juice often used"
"In Scotland, the company A.G. Barr uses quinine as an ingredient in the carbonated and caffeinated beverage Irn-Bru. In Uruguay and Argentina, quinine is an ingredient of a PepsiCo tonic water named Paso de los Toros. In Denmark, it is used as an ingredient in the carbonated sports drink Faxe Kondi made by Royal Unibrew. As a flavoring agent in beverages, quinine is limited to less than 83 parts per million in the United States, and 100 in the European Union. Quinine (and quinidine) are used as the chiral moiety for the ligands used in Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation as well"
"nearby regions in central Mexico. All Jose Cuervo tequila continues to be made in the town of Tequila in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. The blue agave plant has spiked leaves and a round, fleshy core (the piña). The leaves are chopped off and the core is cooked and crushed to create juice, which is fermented and distilled to make tequila. The resulting unaged, clear tequila is then diluted with water to bring the alcohol content down to around 40%. Pure tequila is distilled 100% from the sap of the blue agave plant, while mixto tequilas only need to"
"Caipirinha Caipirinha () is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, and lime. Cachaça, also known as ""caninha"", or any one of a multitude of traditional names, is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Although both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, in cachaça the alcohol results from the fermentation of fresh sugarcane juice that is then distilled, while rum is usually made from refinery by-products such as molasses. The drink is prepared by mixing the fruit and the sugar together, and adding the liquor. This can be made into a single glass, usually large,"
"Cuban espresso Café Cubano (also known as Cuban espresso, Cuban coffee, cafecito, Cuban pull, Cuban shot) is a type of espresso that originated in Cuba. Specifically, it refers to an espresso shot which is sweetened with demerara sugar which has been whipped with the first and strongest drops of espresso. However, the name is sometimes used to refer to coffee-based drinks that include Cuban espresso as their main ingredient, such as café con leche. Drinking ""café cubano"" remains a prominent social and cultural activity in Cuba and in Cuban-American communities, particularly in Miami, Tampa and the Florida Keys. Traditional Cuban-style"
"a variation of ""El Presidente"" on their larger planes, the ""Clipper Cocktail"" consisting of golden rum, vermouth and grenadine. There are multiple claims to the invention of the cocktail. One story is that it was an American bartender Eddie Woelke who named it after Menochal after moving to Havana. Another claim is that it was invented at the ""Vista Alegre"", a Havana establishment frequented by Americans, or that it was invented by Menochal himself. El Presidente (cocktail) The El Presidente is a mix of rum, orange curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine. The El Presidente earned its acclaim in Havana, Cuba"
"highlands and surrounding mountains of the country. ""Frescos"" and ""batidos"" are drinks made from fresh fruit and milk or water. Among the fruits used are papaya, mango, watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, strawberry, blackberry, banana, carrot, tamarind, ""guanábana"" and ""cas"", a sour fruit native to Central America. Horchata, the cornmeal and cinnamon drink that originated in Spain, can be found in the northwestern Guanacaste Province. A holiday beverage of homemade ginger beer is found on the Caribbean side of the country, and is sometimes mixed with wine. ""Refrescos"" is the local name for bottled soft drinks, which are widely sold. Most common"
"and 55% alcohol content (62 and 110 U.S. proof). Per U.S. law, tequila must contain at least 40% alcohol (80 U.S. proof) to be sold in the United States. Tequila was first produced in the 16th century near the location of the city of Tequila, which was not officially established until 1666. A fermented beverage from the agave plant known as pulque was consumed in pre-Columbian central Mexico before European contact. When the Spanish conquistadors ran out of their own brandy, they began to distill agave to produce one of North America's first indigenous distilled spirits. Some 80 years later,"
"from about 8% ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the drink's fermentable sugar is derived from honey. Pulque is the Mesoamerican fermented drink made from the ""honey water"" of maguey cacti. The drink distilled from pulque is tequila or mescal. Wine is a fermented beverage produced from grapes and sometimes other fruits. Wine involves a longer fermentation process than beer and a long aging process (months or years), resulting in an alcohol content of 9%–16% ABV. ""Fruit wines"" are made from fruits other than grapes, such as plums, cherries, or apples."
"Kubuli Kubuli is a golden lager brewed in Dominica, where it is the unofficial national beer. The beer's name is derived from the Island Caribs name for the island, ""Wai‘tu kubuli"", which means ""Tall is her body."" The water used to make Kubuli comes from Dominica's own Loubière Springs. The beer is the flagship product of Dominica Brewery Limited, a subsidiary of Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (itself a subsidiary of AmBev, which in turn is a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev) as of February 24, 2010. As of 2018, the brand held a 68% market share of the local beer market. Dominica"