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Old Cuban champagne cocktail recipe

Fred Siggins

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Champagne cocktail meets mojito.
Champagne cocktail meets mojito.Kristoffer Paulsen

One of only a handful of truly classic cocktails to be invented in the modern era, the Old Cuban is a mash-up of the classic champagne cocktail and the mojito. This drink pays homage to the Prohibition era of the 1920s, when American socialites flocked to Cuba to party. Invented by Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club in New York, this refreshing tipple is perfect for the rum lovers.

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Ingredients

  • 45ml aged Cuban rum 

  • 20ml fresh lime juice 

  • 20ml sugar syrup 

  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters 

  • 6 mint leaves 

  • 30ml sparkling wine to top 

  • mint sprig to garnish

Method

  1. Add all ingredients except sparkling to a cocktail shaker full of ice.

    Shake hard for 10 seconds, then fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

    Top with sparkling wine and garnish with mint sprig.

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