Tanzamomo feat El 3mendo "Rum & Coca"
Rum & Coca (The Cuba Libre) is a highball made of
cola, lime, and white rum. This highball is often referred to as a Rum and
Coke in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland, where the lime juice
must be included . This drink was once viewed as exotic, with its dark syrup,
made (at that time) from cola nuts and coca. The drink gained further
popularity in the United States after the Andrews Sisters recorded a song (in
1945) named after the drink's ingredients, "Rum and Coca-Cola". Cola
and rum were both cheap at the time and this also contributed to the widespread
popularity of the concoction. In Australia, the more popularly known drink is
simply Rum and Coke or "Rumbo", which contains no lime,
commonly uses a local dark rum and can be purchased in cans as a
ready-to-drink. However, the combination of light rum, brown sugar and cola is
commonly ordered at cocktail bars as a Cuba Libre. In Britain, the drink
is most commonly served without the lime juice and ordered simply as a Bacardi
and Coke. When the lime juice is included and rubbed around the rim of the
glass it can be known as a Lou Bega, after the popular singer. n Russia Cuba
Libre without the lime juice is called Rock-n-Roll Star, after a popular
song that features the recipe. Any distilled spirit could be substituted for a
rum in a pinch, but these variations generally do not have any specific names.
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