Umhlahlandlela waseHavana
El Floridita: isisekelo se-daiquirí kanye nendawo yokuphuza ka-Hemingway
Ngokuhamba ngezinyawo imizuzu eyishumi ukusuka e-Refugio 204, ekhoneni lika-Obispo no-Monserrate, kumi ibha enobuso obupinki ethele iziphuzo iminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu amabili. Ibizwa nge-El Floridita, yabekwa umqhele wokuthi «isisekelo se-daiquirí», futhi yayiyikhona elikhethekayo lika-Ernest Hemingway. Lena indaba yayo, exoxwa ngokuningiliziwe.
Amakhulu amabili eminyaka omlando: kusukela ku-«La Piña de Plata» kuya ku-«El Floridita»
Le ndawo yavula iminyango yayo ngo-1817 ngegama elithi La Piña de Plata (Iphayinaphu Lesiliva), khona phakathi nenhliziyo ye-Old Havana endala enezindonga. Eminyakeni eyalandela yaba La Florida futhi, ngenxa yothando lwabantu base-habaneros, isidlaliso sanamathela ngokuphelele: El Floridita. Mabalwa amabha emhlabeni angasho ukuthi athele iziphuzo ngokungaphazamiseki iminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu amabili.
U-Constante, owayeyiCatalan owaphelelisa i-daiquirí
Ukugxuma kwayo ekubeni inganekwane kwafika ngenxa ka-Constantino Ribalaigua Vert, «Constante», umphathi webha ongumCatalan owaqala emuva kwebha ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 wagcina engumnikazi wendawo. U-Constante wayengumuntu ofuna ukuphelela kakhulu: wayepotsha ulamula ngesandla, wahluza ujusi, walinganisa wonke igremu likashukela. Unikezwa udumo lokuthatha i-daiquirí wayifaka esimweni sayo esidume kakhulu, i-daiquirí eqandayo, exutshwa neqhwa elichotshoziwe luze lube njengeqhwa.
I-daiquirí: kusuka emayini eseduze kwe-Santiago iya engilazini
Lesi siphuzo asizalwanga lapha kodwa empumalanga ye-Cuba. Igama laso liphuma ku-Daiquirí, ibhishi nendawo yezimayini eduze kwe-Santiago de Cuba, lapho ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1890s injiniyela yaseMelika, u-Jennings Cox, axuba khona irumu, ulamula noshukela ukuze aqabule izivakashi zakhe. Kodwa kwakuse-El Floridita lapho i-daiquirí yacwengisiswa khona yaba semhlabeni wonke. U-Constante wadala izinhlobonhlobo ezinezinombolo —kusukela ku-Daiquirí No. 1 kuya ku-No. 4— edlala nge-maraschino, igrapefruit kanye nendlela eyayixutshwa ngayo.
U-Hemingway kanye ne-«Papa Doble»
U-Ernest Hemingway wahlala e-Cuba cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili wenza i-El Floridita yaba ikhaya lakhe lesibili. Wayeyala i-daiquirí eyenziwe ngendlela yakhe: isilinganiso esiphindwe kabili sirumu, ngaphandle kukashukela, nojusi we-grapefruit kanye nethonsi le-maraschino. Imenyu isayikhumbula njenge-«Papa Doble» noma «Hemingway Special». Unikezwa udumo nomusho odumile othi «I-mojito yami iku-La Bodeguita, i-daiquirí yami iku-El Floridita» —noma izazi-mlando ziphikisana ngokuthi waqinisekisa washo yini, inganekwane manje isiyingxenye yebha.
I-El Floridita namuhla
Ibha isaphila, nekhawunta yayo ye-mahogany, abaphathi bebha abagqoke amajazi abomvu kanye nomculo ophilayo. Ekupheleni kwebha, lapho umbhali wayehlala khona, kumi kusukela ngo-2003 isithombe esigqwele sika-Hemingway sethusi esilingana nobungako bomuntu wangempela esenziwe ngumbazi u-José Villa Soberón —namuhla yisithombe okumelwe sithathwe yiso sonke isivakashi. Inezivakashi, yebo, kodwa ukungena ngaphakathi, ukuyala i-daiquirí eqandayo nokuphuza eceleni «kuka-Papa» kungenye yalezo zenzo eziphumelelisa iHavana.
Ungahlala kuphi eduze kwe-El Floridita?
Ukusuka e-Refugio 204 kumane kuhanjwa ngezinyawo imizuzu eyishumi: thatha indlela eya ku-Parque Central, futhi, uma uyifika, i-El Floridita imi khona ekuqaleni kuka-Calle Obispo, ekhoneni elingu-Monserrate. Endleleni uzodlula ne-Capitol kanye ne-Grand Theatre. Sincoma ukungena ekupheleni kwasemini, ngaphambi kokuba isixuku sakusihlwa sifike.
I-Refugio 204 iyindlu yangasese (casa particular) enhliziyweni ye-Old Havana, ngokuhamba ngezinyawo imizuzu eyishumi ukusuka e-El Floridita futhi emibili ukusuka e-Malecón. Amafulethi amane azimele, afanele kahle imindeni namaqembu.