La Floridita

Contributed by Cocktails 2005

SERVINGS: makes 1 drink

Mona's • Seattle

Mona's Spanish and Portuguese tapas and twice-weekly live bossa nova are complemented by cocktails like this one, based on a drink once served at La Florida, a famous Havana bar of the 1930s.

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Ice
1 1/2 ounces light rum
1 1/2ounces sweet vermouth
1/2 teaspoon white crème de cacao
1 1/2 ounces fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon grenadine
1 pineapple spear

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the ingredients except the pineapple spear and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and garnish with the pineapple spear.