# Cuba Libre

> Cuba Libre, the IBA official recipe: 50 ml white rum, 120 ml cola and 10 ml lime juice. Built in the glass and served long over ice, garnished with lime wedge.

Rum, cola and a squeeze of lime. Havana, early 1900s.

- IBA category: [IBA: Contemporary Classics](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/contemporary-classics/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Rum cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/rum-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Built (built straight in the glass)
- Glass: Highball glass
- Served: On the rocks
- Strength: about 9.8% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.1 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 180 ml (6 oz) before ice, about 204 ml in the glass
- Taste: Sour, Sparkling

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 50 ml (1⅔ oz) [White rum](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/white-rum/index.md)
- 120 ml (4 oz) [Cola](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cola/index.md)
- 10 ml (⅓ oz) [Lime juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lime/index.md)

## Method

1. Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.

## Garnish

Lime wedge.

## One ingredient away

Drinks on the list that differ from the Cuba Libre by a single ingredient.

- [Daiquiri](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/daiquiri/index.md): simple syrup instead of cola
- [Canchanchara](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/canchanchara/index.md): honey instead of cola

## If you like the Cuba Libre

- [Hemingway Special](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/hemingway-special/index.md): White rum, grapefruit juice, maraschino liqueur and lime juice
- [Mojito](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/mojito/index.md): White rum, lime juice, mint, simple syrup and soda water
- [Don’s Special Daiquiri](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/dons-special-daiquiri/index.md): Aged rum, white rum, passion fruit syrup, lime juice and honey
- [Missionary’s Downfall](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/missionarys-downfall/index.md): White rum, peach liqueur, lime juice, honey, mint and pineapple juice

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/cuba-libre/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo49ybutqiQ
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

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