Culto A La Vida
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A Culto A La Vida is a classic original Cuban cocktail
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...

 whose name and recipe are registered by the rum brand Havana Club
Havana Club
Havana Club is a brand of rum, made in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba. The brand was established by José Arechabala in 1878. After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the distillery and company was nationalized by the Cuban government; subsequently, the Arechabala family left for Spain, then emigrated to the...

. It features Havana Club 7 Añejo Rum
Rum
Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...

 and Cranberry juice.

Recipe

Ingredients :
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
    Sugar
    Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...

  • 15 ml of lime juice
  • 120 ml of cranberry juice
    Cranberry juice
    Cranberry juice is the juice of the cranberry. Commercially, it is sold in either as a pure juice, which is quite tart, or, more commonly, as cranberry juice "cocktail" or "drink" , in blends with other juices, such as apple or grape, or mixed with water and corn syrup, sugar, or an artificial...

  • 60 ml of Havana Club Añejo 7 Años


Instructions :

In a long drink glass :
  • Dissolve 1 spoon of sugar in 15 ml of lime.
  • Add ice cubes.
  • Add the cranberry juice.
  • Add the Havana Club Añejo 7 Años.

External links

  • http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/recipes/culto-alavida/
  • http://www.tasteofcuba.com/culto-a-la-vida.html
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