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Cuba Libre

Rum and cola with lime, which is the difference between this and a plain rum and Coke.

Strength
≈ 10% ABV
Calories
≈ 165
Glass
Highball
Method
Built

The recipe

How to make it

  1. 1Fill a highball with ice.
  2. 2Pour in everything and stir.

Garnish: A lime wedge.

The ratio

1 : 2½ : ¼

In parts, a Cuba Libre is 1 rum, 2½ cola and ¼ lime. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

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Built the same way

Rum → Vodka

Moscow Mule

1 : 2¾ : ¼

Rum → Tequila

Paloma

1 : 2

Rum → Vodka

Bay Breeze

1½ : 2¼ : 1

Also rum

Dark ’n’ Stormy

1¾ : 1

Head to head

On screen

The Big Bang Theory

Season 1, Episode 8, “The Grasshopper Experiment” (2008) · Sheldon Cooper (served by Penny)

Practising for a bartending shift, Penny makes the guys order cocktails; Sheldon asks for a virgin (diet) Cuba Libre, and later at the bar Penny secretly adds rum, which gets him singing.

“Fine, I'll have a virgin Cuba Libre.”

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Sources: Wikiquote - The Big Bang Theory (season 1), 'The Grasshopper Experiment'; Miss Charming (Cheryl Charming) - Cocktails in Television

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By the numbers

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 165

Sugar

≈ 12 g

Strength

≈ 10%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.1

White rum ≈ 110Cola ≈ 52Lime juice ≈ 3 How we estimate