The daiquiri means two very different things in America, though both trace back to the same Cuban drink. On July 19, National Daiquiri Day, the difference is simple: in Louisiana, it comes from a drive-thru window in a color that does not occur in nature, while at a serious cocktail bar, it comes from a jigger and a shaker with almost no room for error.
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