Cocktail · DR Congo
Congo Ginger Rum
Congo Ginger Rum recipe from DR Congo: aged rum, fresh ginger, pineapple and lime. Exact oz/ml measures and full method.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- Rum
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) aged rum
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) fresh ginger
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) pineapple juice
- 0.75 oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
Garnish
Pineapple wedge
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add aged rum, ginger, pineapple juice and lime juice to the highball glass, putting any sparkling ingredient in last.
- 3Add ice and stir gently three times to combine without flattening bubbles.
- 4Finish with a pineapple wedge and serve immediately.
The story behind Congo Ginger Rum
This house cocktail draws on ginger and tropical fruit flavors familiar in Central Africa, pairing them with aged rum and lime. It is a site-created regional interpretation, not a historic Congolese classic.
This is a Where It's Five house creation inspired by local ingredients and drinking traditions, not a historic national cocktail.