The simplest and most revealing cocktail — white rum, fresh lime and sugar syrup. Nowhere to hide.
Chef's Notes
Balance is everything: 2:1:0.75 ratio of rum to lime to syrup. Taste and adjust before shaking.
Freshly squeezed only
Adjust to taste
Add white rum, fresh lime juice and sugar syrup to a cocktail shaker. Add ice.
Shake hard for 12–15 seconds until the outside of the shaker is frosty cold.
Double-strain through a Hawthorne strainer and a fine mesh sieve into a chilled coupe glass. No garnish needed — let the cocktail speak.