Rum

Floridita Daiquiri No. 5

Name: Floridita Daiquiri No. 5
Yield: 1 servings

Glass: Coupe

The orange-juice Floridita Daiquirí, Constante's softest house variant, lime and orange together over light Cuban rum.

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Ingredients

fresh lime juice (0.5 oz)
fresh orange juice (0.5 oz)
simple syrup (0.5 oz)
white Cuban-style rum (2 oz)
cracked ice (1 cup)
orange twist (1)

The Floridita Daiquirí No. 5 does not exist as a printed entry in the 1935 El Bar la Florida Cocktails; the drink under the No. 5 label first appears in 1939 as the Pink Daiquiri, a maraschino-and-grenadine variant, not an orange-juice spec. The orange-juice-No.-5 framing common in modern bars is a popular contemporary interpretation that conflicts with the documented Floridita catalog.¹ The spec below preserves the orange-juice-shaken-coupe build as it's typically reproduced today (some sources do list an orange variant under "No. 5"), but readers should know this is not the 1939 Pink Daiquiri actually labeled No. 5 in the Floridita's own published catalog.²

Brand recommendations. Best: Havana Club 3 Año (where legal) or Caña Brava for the white Cuban-style rum, fresh-squeezed Valencia or Hamlin orange (sweeter, less acidic than navel), fresh lime. Economical: Bacardi Carta Blanca or Don Q Cristal, fresh-squeezed supermarket orange (avoid bottled, the cooked sugar profile flattens the drink), standard simple syrup.

Instructions

In a shaker combine fresh lime juice, fresh orange juice, simple syrup, and white Cuban-style rum.
Add cracked ice and shake hard until very cold, about .
Strain into a chilled coupe.
Garnish with an orange twist.

Sources

Constantino Ribalaigua Vert, El Bar la Florida Cocktails (Havana, 1935), does NOT contain a No. 5 entry; the No. 5 designation first appears in 1939 as the Pink Daiquiri (maraschino + grenadine). The orange-juice-No.-5 spec commonly attributed to 1935 is not in the 1935 catalog. ↩
Berry, Potions of the Caribbean (2014), El Floridita Daiquirí Nos. 1–5 chapter, documents the house-numbering system and the No. 5 as the gentlest variant in Constante's catalog. ↩
Difford's Guide URL https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/3948/daiquiri-no-5-floridita (accessed 2026-05-03), Difford's URL ID 3948 currently resolves to a drink called "Geisha Martini" rather than the Floridita Daiquirí No. 5; the citation here is essentially broken and should be replaced when a verifiable URL surfaces.