Viva la Revolucion! ... or don't ...

This is perhaps not a fair taste test, as I have a Cosmopolitan swimming around in my stomach (OK, AND my brain). Luckily, the Cuba Libre is a simple drink.

And with the Cuba Libre, I attempt to make my peace with rum.

It was the early 90s, I was in college, I was stupid, there was this stuff called "Malibu," did I mention that I was stupid? Let's just say that there was a bad night followed by a worse morning. And, I know that real rum and Malibu are not the same. Malibu will never again pass my lips. But, the two are cousins, and one was enough to put me off of the whole family.

So ... *more sipping* ... eh. I taste the rum and my lizard brain recoils in horror. OK, I can drink a Cube Libre. It's just that I'm probably not going to. 

Here is my grand revelation for tonight. If you add half the juice of a lime to a drink, it gets a spiffy name. Rum and Coke is just Rum and Coke, but you add lime and it's a Cuba Libre. Vodka and cranberry is a girly drink that Alan will never drink again, but add lime to it and it's a Cape Codder and Anne will consume mass quantities.

It's all about the lime.

 Here's What You Need to Make a Cuba Libre:

• Highball glass
• Ice
• 1 1/2 oz Rum
• Coca Cola
• Lime
  

Here's How Anne Made It:
Put everything into the glass and stir.


Manly or Girly? In the middle
Appearance: Looks like a tall, refreshing soda
Consistency: Bubbily
Taste: First taste, Coca Cola. Second taste, a bit of lime. Third taste, the sting of rum, my old enemy
Stomach acceptance: Weak Cuba Libres will be accepted. Strong ones will not
Good drink for: Someone else
Hangover factor: Please, no, not again!
Would I actually order this in public? On a dare, yes

Tomorrow's Other Assignment: Break out the blender, kids, it's Daiquiri time!

Homework for tomorrow:

• Blender
  
• Ice
• 1 1/2 oz Rum (I know, I know, but I'm going to try again)
  
• 1/4 oz Triple Sec (a splash)
  
• 3 oz Sweet and Sour
• Highball glass