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History
of the Daiquiri
The
DAIQUIRI PALACE is a family owned business since 1986.
The following paragraph contains excerpts from an article entitled 'The
Drinking Man'. It is also interesting to note the connection that the
DAIQUIRI PALACE has with the history of the drink itself.
The
daiquiri is perhaps the last successful instance of Cuban-American cooperation.
It was invented around the turn of the century by an American mining engineer
named Jennings Cox, who worked for the Spanish-American Iron Company near
the village of Daiquiri (and not far from the Bacardi rum distillery).
According to his granddaughter, who retains a folder of old clippings
on the subject, he ran out of gin when entertaining American guests, and
afraid to serve them the local rum straight up, he added lime juice and
sugar (although, as you know, ours are ornamented with the freshest fruit,
puree and fruit juice).
Cox's discovery remained a local delicacy until 1909, when a U.S. Navy
medical officer, Admiral Lucius W. Johnson, visited the engineer and tried
on a daiquiri for size. Johnson became the drink's missionary, introducing
it to the Army and Navy Club in Washington D.C., and to ports of call
around the world. Today Johnson's name is honored at the club's Daiquiri
Lounge, where a brass plaque commemorates his contribution to the world
of drink.
Further accentuating the daiquiri's past is the role played by the prince
of presidential style himself - JFK. The daiquiri was the president's
preferred before-dinner drink.
Now, the DAIQUIRI PALACE considers its a privilege to continue this honorable
mission, started by the good Admiral, and will always strive to make and
keep the customer happy.
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