Spirits · ~15 min

Rum primer: from Daiquiri to Mojito

Pick clean white vs aged rum, shake a Daiquiri, muddle a Mojito without shredding mint, then build a ginger highball.

4 lessons in this path

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Clean rum for citrus, aged for body, funk as seasoning — not always the whole pour.

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2. Skill

Shake

The Daiquiri is the rum sour. Hard shake, fresh lime, stop when the tin hurts.

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3. Skill

Press mint for perfume — shredding it tastes like lawn.

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4. Skill

Dark ’n’ Stormy family: ice, rum, cold ginger beer last.

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