The Strawberry Daiquiri

Are you a strawberry daiquiri fan? The strawberry daiquiri is one of the more popular drinks in upper-class bars, but you can also get one at your local dive bar as well. Of course, the music might stop and everybody might turn around and look at you when you order one, but you know that the strawberry daiquiri is delicious and you won’t let that deter you.

Daiquiris are drinks that include rum, syrup and lemon or lime juice. Daiquiris can also have other types of liquor as ingredients, too, as in “tequila daiquiris.” The drink is named after a village in Cuba, and was invented by some American contractors working in the region. They noticed a huge supply of sugar, rum and citrus juices so they decided to combine these ingredients with some crushed ice in a glass. They also added some syrup and mixed it all together to create a drink that had a bite to it without too much of a sweet taste.

Today, daiquiris come in all sorts of flavors. You can get a banana daiquiri, a kiwi daiquiri or just about any other type of daiquiri that your taste buds desire. But if you are a guy, be careful. Daiquiris are known as “frou-frou” drinks because the fruit is there to mask the taste of the alcohol. You can still get a strawberry daiquiri as a guy, but don’t expect to get any phone numbers that night.

Depending on whom you ask the strawberry daiquiri can have various ingredients. Every bartender from here to the Mississippi has their own version of the strawberry daiquiri and one is probably just as good as the next. But there are some basic ingredients that you should expect to find in most of these drinks. Strawberries, of course, are one of the basic ingredients. You can also expect to find rum, sugar, cracked ice and lime juice in a strawberry daiquiri. Most people put the ingredients in various measurements in a blender, but others insist that the only correct way to make a strawberry daiquiri is to put the ingredients in a cocktail shaker to mix them all up. Either way, you can make one however you like. After a few strawberry daiquiris, you might feel shaken up by the end of the night anyways!

There are probably as many variations on how to make a strawberry daiquiri as there are people who enjoy the fruity drink. If you want to know what things to put into a non alcoholic strawberry daiquiri, get a bottle of clear soda, such as Sprite or 7-Up along with some fresh or frozen strawberries. You should have about twice the amount of strawberries as you do soda. If you have 16 ounces of soda, get 32 ounces of strawberries. Through the ingredients in a blender and viola!, you have your very own non-alcoholic strawberry daiquiri slushy!

Some strawberry daiquiri lovers prefer to use vodka in their drink instead of rum. This is because vodka has less flavor than rum so it does not take as much away from the taste of the fruit and other ingredients. In fact, vodka is fairly tasteless so it’s a great way to get the alcohol into your body without tasting it. However, you have to be sure to get the vodka that is more expensive. The cheap stuff has a distinct taste and it is not as smooth as the better brands. Some describe cheap vodka as tasting like rubbing alcohol and that is certainly not something you want to experience mixed in with the delicious flavors of your strawberry daiquiri.

One thing you can do to make your strawberry daiquiri even better is to freeze the glass before pouring the daiquiri into it. This will help prevent the ice from melting due to the warmth of your hand when you hold the glass. If you do not have simple syrup, you can replace it with agave nectar to get the same effect. You can also substitute bottled lime juice for fresh lime juice as long as you strain it first.

There is no end to the ways that you can enjoy a strawberry daiquiri. Whether you are looking for a non-alcoholic alternative or a version where you still get the alcohol without the strong taste, there is a strawberry daiquiri to fit your preferences. Now go grab your cocktail shaker, some frozen strawberries and drink up!