Rum · Stir · Coupe · 4 min
El Presidente
Rum stirred with blanc vermouth, orange curaçao and a little grenadine: Cuba's answer to the Manhattan, and the toast of Havana in the 1910s and 1920s.
What's in it
- 45ml (1½ oz) White rum
- 22.5ml (¾ oz) Blanc vermouth
- 7.5ml (¼ oz) Orange curaçao
- 1 bar spoon Grenadine
- 1 Orange twist optional
How to make it
- Chill a coupe.
- Stir the rum, blanc vermouth, orange curaçao and grenadine with ice in a mixing glass.
- Strain into the chilled coupe and express an orange twist over the top.
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What cocktail can I make?Where it came from
Who made the first one is disputed. It is often credited to Eddie Woelke, an American bartender who arrived in Havana around 1920, but PUNCH notes it was being made by a Cuban cantinero as early as 1915, and David Wondrich credits Constantino Ribalaigua, then head bartender at a little café near the Parque Central. A New York paper called it a favourite drink of the Cubans in 1919. It is usually said to honour President Mario García Menocal, though some accounts name Gerardo Machado.
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