The Canchanchara is a rustic Cuban classic built on a simple, honest trio: cane spirit, fresh lime, and raw honey, loosened with a little water and lifted over cracked ice. The honey, lime, and water are smeared around the glass to form a thin syrup before the rum is added and stirred up from the bottom, giving a bright, tart-sweet sip with a soft floral edge. Long tied to the colonial town of Trinidad and Cuba's 19th-century history, it traditionally leans on aguardiente de caña, though white rum is the common modern stand-in.
Garnish: Lime Wedge
Built · Old Fashioned · Cracked
build
In an Old Fashioned glass, stir together the honey, water, and lime juice, spreading the mixture over the bottom and sides of the glass to form a thin syrup coating.
add
Fill the glass with cracked ice, then pour in the white rum.
stir
Stir energetically from the bottom up to lift the honey syrup and integrate everything.
garnish
Garnish with a lime wedge.