Kapri Robinson's Old Cuban

Photo by @thejenchase

The Old Cuban

This is one of my favorite rum drinks. My inspiration was drawn from Hank’s Oyster Bar on the Wharf who did an Old Cuban to share last year. It’s a great cocktail and just screams summer.

16 ounces lime juice

16 ounces simple syrup

32 ounces Santa Teresa 1796 or another dark rum*

8 dashes Angostura Bitters

Fresh mint leaves

1 bottle sparkling white wine

Pour all ingredients into a punch bowl. At party time, add ice and top with sparkling wine to your liking. Garnish with sprigs of mint.

*If you prefer a stronger punch, use 48 ounces of rum. In hotter months, the ice may melt more quickly, diluting the strength. 

[Editor’s note: From our Summer 2019 issue, this has become our go-to house cocktail for warm weather entertaining. We swap out the champagne or sparkling wine so that we can drink them all night and still be standing. So great to mix up two pitchers of this great cocktail and just pour away, all the work is done when the party starts!]

Photo by @thejenchase

Georgia native, Kapri Robinson is a DC mixologist and founder of Chocolate City’s Best, a cocktail competition founded in 2018 with the goal of creating a platform for people of color in the food and beverage world to provide opportunities for networking and a place to showcase the work of mixologists of color. Follow Kapri Robinson and Chocolate City’s Best @kapri.possible