Cuba Libre recipe
White rum, Coke and lime juice, stirred over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a lime wedge.
By Kris Barton · Updated - 2 mins total
- 4 ingredients
- Highball glass
What Ingredients do you need to make a Cuba Libre?
White Rum
All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.
Rum is usually aged, and the container it’s aged in has a big say in its colour.
In bourbon or other wooden casks, the rum turns a dark brown colour, but in stainless steel tanks it stays colourless. Rum that’s been aged in wood can also be filtered to take the colour out.
White Rum is clear because it’s aged in stainless steel, or filtered after ageing.
Pretty cool, huh?
What Equipment do you need to make a Cuba Libre?
Highball Glass
Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
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Recipe card
Cuba Libre
- Prep
- 1 min
- Making
- 1 min
- Total
- 2 mins
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Highball glass
Ingredients
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- A ice to a highball glass.
- Add white rum, Coke, and lime juice.
- Gently stir.
- Garnish with a wedge of lime.
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Cuba Libre FAQs
What Ingredients do you need to make a Cuba Libre?
To make a Cuba Libre, you need 50ml / 1.7oz white rum, 120ml / 4oz Coke and 10ml / 0.3oz lime juice, plus lime wedge to garnish. There’s more about white rum above.
What Equipment do you need to make a Cuba Libre?
You’ll need a highball glass.
What alcohol is in a Cuba Libre?
The only alcohol in a Cuba Libre is white rum: 50ml / 1.7oz.
Is a Cuba Libre shaken or stirred?
A Cuba Libre is stirred, not shaken. It’s made straight in a highball glass: add the ingredients over ice and stir.
What glass is a Cuba Libre served in?
Serve a Cuba Libre in a highball glass.
How do you garnish a Cuba Libre?
Garnish a Cuba Libre with a wedge of lime.
How do I make a Cuba Libre for a group?
The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 200ml white rum, 480ml Coke and 40ml lime juice.
