The standard recipe calls for a 2:1 ratio of coke to rum, and two wedges of lime. In any case, the Cuba Libre is still a popular cocktail today, more than a century later. Who knows if the legend is true, but every good cocktail needs a creation myth. Legend has it that Captain Russell of the United States Army Signal Corps ordered Coca-Cola and Bacardi Rum (then made in Cuba) at a bar in Santiago de Cuba while celebrating Cuban independence, mixed the two items together with wedges of lime, and made a toast with the words "Por Cubra Libre!" Thus was the Cuba Libre cocktail born. Furthermore, there was now an American military presence in the country, which meant that Cuba was now receiving imports of Coca-Cola.
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