Cuba Libre recipe!

[elleng]

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink3080.html

Thinking of trying this now, even tho I don't drink rum or coke, but seems appropriate now. May even consider a trip there!!!

[cbayer]

1. This is really the only way I like coke, lol.

The coke in other parts of the world is often made with cane syrup instead of HFCS, and there seems to be a big difference.

I have always wanted to visit Cuban and I hope that can happen very soon and very easily.

[elleng]

2. Wish I could find the 'better' Coke.

Its the lime juice in the recipe that strikes my fancy, actually.

[csziggy]

3. That was my drink in college!

I went through a lot of rum. It can be made with Pepsi, but it's not the same. I think I even made some with RC Cola out of desperation.

By the way, for those looking for a better Coke - my husband brought home a six pack of "Coca Cola Life." The ones he bought are in 8 ounce glass bottles with green labels and caps. They are sweetened with cane sugar and Stevia - 60 calories per bottle.

He bought them as much to add to his bottle collection as to try the taste - but they've been here two weeks and he hasn't opened one. If he doesn't open them, they will be in his collection forever that way since I no longer drink sodas.

[elleng]

4. I never drink sodas,

unless at a social event and ginger ale is available, and I only occasionally drink alcoholic anything, wine with dinner, so if I do this it will be a truly unique experience!

[csziggy]

5. The citrus cuts the sweetness of the soda and compliments the rum

At least that is my memory - though it has been more decades than I'd like to count since I've had a Cuba Libre.

I stopped drinking after doing all too much of it one summer and didn't have anything alcoholic for about five years. At a wedding reception I got a drink - probably a Cuba Libre - and had a reaction that was almost like an allergic response. Since then I haven't had enough alcohol to do more than dampen my tongue. It no longer tastes at all good to me and the side effects are too unpleasant.

[fizzgig]

6. i love 'em

but i just can't really do liquor anymore.

[elleng]

7. I never could, fizz!

[bif]

8. I visited Cuba about 6 or 7 years ago

Do go if you get a chance. Wonderful place and friendly people.