Cardamom Daiquiri
Muddle; Shake ∙ 4 min ∙ 16.6% ABV ∙
The Cardamom Daiquiri is a spiced Daiquiri of white rum, fresh lime juice and sugar syrup, shaken with muddled green cardamom pods and served up.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Cut a strip of zest from your lime for the twist before squeezing it for juice
- In the base of the shaker, muddle: Green cardamom pods 3 pcs
- Add the remaining ingredients: White rum 50 mlLime juice 15 mlSugar syrup 10 mlCardamom bitters 2 dashes (opt.)Chilled water 10 ml
- Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into the chilled glass
- Express the lime twist over the cocktail and discard
- Garnish with a lime wedge on the rim
Tips
- Muddle the cardamom pods just enough to crack them and expose the seeds; pulverized husks make the drink bitter.
- The recipe already adds 10 ml of chilled water, so shake just long enough to chill; a long shake waters it down.
History
The Cardamom Daiquiri is a spiced variation on the Daiquiri. Green cardamom pods are muddled in the shaker before the rum, lime, and sugar go in, adding a warm, aromatic spice note over the citrus and rum.
The Daiquiri's invention around 1898 is widely credited to Jennings Cox, then a mining engineer in eastern Cuba.
