Mojito local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and mint. Lime juice on its own would have significantly prevented scurvy and dysentery, and tafia/rum was soon added as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was the original combination of these ingredients. Some historians contend that African slaves who worked in the Cuban sugar cane fields during the 19th century were instrumental in the cocktail's origin. Guarapo, the sugar cane juice often used
El Presidente (cocktail) a variation of "El Presidente" on their larger planes, the "Clipper Cocktail" consisting of golden rum, vermouth and grenadine. There are multiple claims to the invention of the cocktail. One story is that it was an American bartender Eddie Woelke who named it after Menochal after moving to Havana. Another claim is that it was invented at the "Vista Alegre", a Havana establishment frequented by Americans, or that it was invented by Menochal himself. El Presidente (cocktail) The El Presidente is a mix of rum, orange curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine. The El Presidente earned its acclaim in Havana, Cuba