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El Presidente: a cocktail of Cuban origin with multiple flavors.
Recipe
For 1 person
3 cl cuban rum
1.5 cl vermouth rosso
1.5 cl white curacao
1 cl grenadine syrup
How to make
Technique: shaker / Glass: martini / Type: short drink (7cl) / Time: 3 mn
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Shake the rum, vermouth rosso, white Curaçao and grenadine syrup.
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Strain into a martini glass.
History
The El Presidente cocktail was probably created in the 1920s in Havana, Cuba, its origin is unclear. It would honor a Cuban president, we are talking about Carmen Menocal or Gerardo Machado. As for the creator of this cocktail, we speak among others of Eddie Woelke, bartender of the "Jockey Club" in Havana, Cuba and potential creator of the classic cocktail Mary Pickford.
