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Apparently the cuba libre was invented by US Marines when they were doing imperialism in Cuba in the early 1900s :rage-cry:
The gin & tonic was invented by the British because tonic water had quinine in it, which protects against malaria in tropical zones.
Face it, our cocktail culture is irredeemably contaminated with imperialism.
The popular IPA style of beer is from Brits doing colonialism in India, it's even in the name
gin & tonic barely actually helps it just eases cramps and makes people suffering malaria drunk enough to keep imperialising
...is that what a Cuba Libre is?
TIL my favorite drink has been a Cuba Libre this whole time. Now I need to get some Havana Club...
A Cuba Libre is a rum & coke with a squeeze of lime. Don't forget the lime! It makes all the difference.
Untrue. A Cuba Libre is a rum & coke with lime.
A rum & coke is just OK. But that squeeze of lime makes it sing.
Oh, and use Coke Zero, kids. Sugar is bad for you.
Doesn't coke zero use aspartame though?
Yeah, ill stick with sugar.
Sugar is always the worst option. Aspartame actually isn’t as bad as they used to think it was.
Even if aspartame wasn't as bad as sugar, and it is, it is also the most disgusting substance I've ever tasted
Just cuz the flavor is shit doesn’t mean it’s as bad for you. Aspartame doesn’t cause diabetes.
We're talking about drinking alcohol. Covering the taste of shitty alcohol is the whole point.
I don’t drink diet by itself but with alcohol it’s already gonna be shit so mine as well cut down on the calories.
Some does. I happen to love a good rye whiskey. I would absolutely never put coke into a good whiskey. Cocktails exist entirely to mask the taste of shitty alcohol
It also has phosphoric acid, which will dissolve a penny. Still better than sugar.
Sugar is bad but Coke zero makes the drink taste awful for me. If I wanted to limit my calorie intake I shouldn't be drinking in the first place (rum has like 250 cal/100ml)
I don't really notice the difference with Coke Zero. It still has that acid taste that goes so well with alcohol.
Sugar isn't about the calories, it's about what it does to your body. Calories are so 80s. Sugar is a lot worse than we ever thought it was.
If that's the case, it's probably best to not have rum in the first place, because it's made by fermenting sugarcane
Straight rum, yeah, but most common brands available do have some added sugar unless otherwise specified e.g. Captain Morgan, Malibu Rum, Bacardi Rum (except for Light and Gold which have 0g). My diabetic father-in-law just tends to avoid rum in general because it's too much hassle making sure it's one without any added sugars.
Most bars I go to when I order a rum and Coke, they put a lime in it.
That's why you should never make Cuba Libre with Bacardi and Coca-Cola, true leftists make Cuba Libre with Havana Club and one of these bad boys.
Is Havana Club any good? I don't drink rum and I only ever tried Cpt morgan and Bacardi.
Havana is legit. The white rum is nothing special (but white rum rarely is), aged stuff really shines.
