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Subject: Re: Cuban drinks
From: Dom Costa
Posted: Thu Nov 2. 2000, 09:52 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Cuban drinks"  by PAOLO  (Thu Nov 2. 2000, 06:21 UTC)
> 
>    As I said folks, Paolo's spec is never the 1st, the last or the
>    definitive, desputed? ..... always, but hey, thats the game we 
> play.
> 
>    I didn't learn the spec in Cuba, only opened my eyes to different, 
> 
>    sometimes better and often less legal brands of rum than I was 
> used to.
>    This was at "Oscar's",at the San Cristobel and others in the 
> Malecon 
>    area, my mate was from there and we met in Belize. (Dom C, near to 
> you?)
>    Whilst there, my mojos, daiquiris and martinis stood up to the 
> test.
> 
>    As to the opinions, I'd not liken my recipe to a julep, cos lime 
> gets as 
>    close to my MJ, as a little paper umbrella, and you might have 
> noticed, I
>    gave the French translation for the daiquiri, but not the 
> Portuguese.
>    Though caçhaca is a cane sugar spirit, it is not classed as rum, 
> QED, a
>    caiipirinha, (sorry, couldn't find how to put the little dots 
> above the
>    letters)though a CSS, lime and sugar, it is still, nearly, if not 
> totally
>    completely unlike a daiquiri.
> 
>    Heres the biggy.
>    Sin agua con gas, well as I said/thought/learnt, a mojito is 
> basically 
>    a daiquiri menta, and I sure don't put soda in a daiquiri, wether 
> it's
>    classic, frozen, strawberry or roadkill (or whatever this months 
> flavour
>    is) But maybe I'm wrong, three against one is definately cause to 
> 
>    experiment. 
>    
>    As I've said, I've been around, but if you think you've nothing to 
> learn; 
>    you've learnt nothing.
>    Cheers for the excuse to mix and sample, sample and mix tomorrow.
> 
>    Paolo

Dear Paolo, you should know that in Cuba what they use for Mojito is not 
really mint but is "Yerba Buena" which is similar to mint but it tastes a bit 
different, what you call a "Daiquiri menta" in Cuba is known as "Daiquiri 
Rebelde" and is basically a classic daiquiri with the addition of 3/4 oz. of 
green creme de menthe, and as you see has nothing to do with a "Mojito", 
however if you are still not convinced check at www.havana-club.com.uk,maybe 
that will clear your doubts. By the way Paolo I missed it, what's the french 
for "Daiquiri"? Cheers
Dom Costa


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