Message 10070 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> Wow I did not know that about Bacardi. I was having this disscussian 
> with another bartender, in a joking manner and asked him if he knew 
> how to make a cuba libre. When he said a BACARDI, coke, and lime I 
> told him how could that be if Bacardi is from Puerto Rico ? 
> 
> Well I guess I was wrong. 

Um, don't your bottles have the whole "Founded in Cuba" label on them?

> 
> Guess I need to find the fountain. 

:-B
I'm not saying that a Cuba Libre made with Bacardi is wrong - far from it!
It's just a recipe - and an accurate one if you use Bacardi... or any white 
rum.

Just that if you care about the origins and meaning of the phrase you should 
also care enough to consider that using Bacardi nowadays does not make the 
drink any more 'genuine' or Cuban.

I have no big opinion on the politics and all - If I was running the factory 
that year, I certainly would have relocated out of the country too!
It's just playing on an altered past that I'm calling their bluff on. ;-)

I may also be a little off-base. The bacardi.com (unbookmarkable flash) site 
links it to an earlier 'free cuba' war of independance. But then, they would.
Their (also unbookmarkable) timeline places the Cuba Libre at 1890.
I'll accept that maybe different folk were meaning different things by "Free 
Cuba" at different times in history :-B

I remember being a bit disappointed when I found out the truth long ago. 
"Fundado" is not the same as "Producido"

.dan.