Many first encounters with the Daiquiri contain a highlighter-hued slush piled excessive in a frosty Margarita glass (or relying on the place you’re, pulled straight from a slushy machine right into a Styrofoam cup). However Daiquiris of yesteryear apart, the drink’s pared-down building does lend itself to juicy, fruit-forward riffs—with out the mind freeze.
It may be so simple as a Pineapple Daiquiri, during which the same old trio of rum, lime and sweetener will get an added contact of tropical escapism, or as layered because the Jakartian Peardition, during which funky Batavia arrack meets wealthy pear brandy, bittersweet grapefruit juice and spiced syrup. Within the versatile format, just about any fruit goes, strawberry to avocado. Listed below are a few of our favorites.