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Mi mojito en La Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en El Floridita.

Mi mojito en La Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en El Floridita.

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Mi mojito en La Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en El Floridita.
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Mi mojito en La Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en El Floridita.

“My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita.” —Ernest Hemingway (apocryphal)

Hemingway liked his daiquiris and he was a known barfly at Havana’s El Floridita.

The famous writer, interestingly, was not a fan of added sugar in his cocktails, thus his daiquiris were typically sweetened with f…

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