Cuba Libre - Mount Gay, Coke and a twist of lime - Lift a glass to Cuba’s Independence Day

No one quite knows when this drink was invented – some claim 1898 when the Americans entered Cuba during the Spanish-American war.  Trouble with this is that apparently there was no Coca Cola in Cuba till 1900 so it would have been tricky!  What’s definite is that it originated in Cuba and that it was an institution by the time Cuba achieved freedom from Spain on May 20 1902.