Said to be created for Ernest Hemingway by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at El Floridita in Havana.

　　Editor's note: This drink comes from And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis (Crown Publishers) and was featured as a Cocktail of the Month.

Ingredients

　　1 1/2 ounces rum (lighter rum is better)

　　1/4 ounce Maraschino liqueur

　　3/4 ounce simple syrup

　　1/2 ounce grapefruit juice

　　3/4 ounce lime juice

　　Shake the ingredients in an iced shaker until good and frosty, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.