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Cuba Libre Pitcher
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Cuba Libre Pitcher

Rum and cola gets its name, Cuba libre, when lime is added, and the lime makes all the difference: it is the part that makes a rum and coke taste like a real drink. Mix the rum and lime in a jug and top each glass with cold cola.

8 drinksYield
EasyDifficulty

What you'll need

  • 2 cups light or aged rum (480 ml)
  • 0.5 cup fresh lime juice (120 ml)
  • 4 cups cola, very cold (960 ml)
  • lime wedges and ice

How to make it

  1. Stir the rum and lime juice together in a pitcher.

  2. Fill highballs with ice, add about 1/3 cup of the base, and top with 1/2 cup cola.

  3. Squeeze a lime wedge over each and drop it in.

  4. Glass: Highball glasses. Garnish: A lime wedge squeezed into the glass.

Chef's secrets

Add the lime fresh; bottled juice tastes flat.

Use a cola made with cane sugar if you can.

Good to know

Make ahead

The rum-lime base keeps a day in the fridge.