The Constante Daiquiri.

The bar , La Florida later El Floridita was opened in 1819. It was called La Piña de Plata "The Silver Pineapple". Located next to one of the old city gates of the former “Villa San Cristóbal de La Habana”, so to speak, the “complete” description of Havana. In the early days of The Silver Pineapple, it used to mainly attract dandies, musicians, artists, military, patrons, etc. The first U.S. military invasion was this bar and the starting point for American alcohol connoisseurs. After 1902, when Cuba became a republic, the bar got the name LA FLORIDA to EL FLORIDITA.

Constante – the inventor of frozen daiquiri, were born in Catalonia, Spain. He came to Cuba in 1924, and joined the Floridita bar in 1928 along with two other waiters. Constante later took large loans and bought off the Floridita bar from the two partners and became the sole owner. The name Ernest Hemingway goes synonymously with Cuba and it isn't a surprise that Hemingway dedicated his favorite bartender in his novel "Islands in the South" to Constante - a character named "Constant".

He was the undisputed "King of Cocktails". At his death in 1952, wrote Ernest Hemingway: "The master of all barmen is dead. He invented Floridita ... "

Image: Original-Daiquiri-recipe from Mr. Cox to Facundo Bacardi - BACARDI ARCHIVES MIAMI

“Origin is disclosed of Daiquiri Cocktail
One Group of American Engineers Named Drink at Santiago Bar

During prohibition Havana was the mecca for Americans

One day, a group of American engineers who had come into town from the Daiquiri mines were imbibing their favorite drink in this restful spot. It was one of those wonderful rum concoctions made from Ron Bacardi. A jovial fellow by the name of COX spoke up. „Caballeros Y amigos, we have been enjoying this delicious mixture for some time, but strange to admit the drink has no name. Don‘t you think it is about time something was done to extricate us from this sad predicament“ It was unanimously agreed that the drink should be named without further procrastination. There was silence for several minutes as each man became immersed in deep though. Suddenly Cox‘s voice was heard again. „I have it, men! Let‘s call it the Daiquiri“ And so it was christened. Originally it was a tall drink, the glass being packed with cracked ice and a teaspoonful of granulated sugar poured over the ice. The juice of one or two limes was then squeezed in and two or three ounces of Bacardi added. The glass was frosted by stirring a long handled spoon for serveral minutes..."

Daiquiri

Cuban light Rum 60 ml

Fresh Lime juice 25 ml

Granulated sugar 1.5 

Bar-spoon

Add sugar and lime juice.stir to mix and taste. 

Add ice and a large portion of Rum.Shake and double strain on a chilled coupette glass. 

Garnish- Float a thinly sliced lime wheel.

note: the amount of ingredients should be in descending order, so u taste more rum, followed by lime which is binded and softened with a hint of sweetener and the dilution that comes from shaking with ice)

Hemingway Daiquiri

Light Rum 2 oz

Fresh lime juice 0.25 oz

Fresh grapefruit juice 0.5 oz

Sugar 1 tsp

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 1 tsp

Shake and strain on a chilled coupette glass. (But Hemingway liked his with no sugar and blended version)

Source: Club de Cantineros