Rum does hot weather better than anything

When it's too warm to stand over a stove, rum's natural partners — lime, mint, pineapple, ginger — do most of the work. Five classics, all free, all built for the heat.

1. Daiquiri

Rum, lime and sugar — a perfect three-part sour, shaken bright and clean. Served up in a coupe with a lime wheel.

• 60 ml White rum

• 25 ml Lime juice

• 20 ml Simple syrup

2. Mojito

Rum, mint, and lime, lengthened with soda — Cuba's most beloved refresher. Mint muddled gently, built over ice in a highball, topped with soda.

• 50 ml White rum

• 25 ml Lime juice

• 20 ml Simple syrup

• 8 leaves Mint

• 90 ml Soda water

3. Painkiller

Dark rum with pineapple, orange, and cream of coconut, finished with freshly grated nutmeg. Shaken, served over crushed ice in a hurricane glass.

• 60 ml Dark rum

• 120 ml Pineapple juice

• 30 ml Orange juice

• 30 ml Cream of coconut

4. Piña Colada

Rum, coconut, and pineapple blended to a silky tropical escape. Blended and served frozen in a hurricane glass.

• 50 ml White rum

• 30 ml Cream of coconut

• 90 ml Pineapple juice

5. Dark and Stormy

Dark rum floated over spicy ginger beer with a squeeze of lime — a Bermuda classic. Built directly over ice in a highball.

• 60 ml Dark rum

• 120 ml Ginger beer

• 15 ml Lime juice

No shaker, no problem

Two of these (Mojito, Dark and Stormy) are built straight in the glass — no shaker needed. Sakaba's guided mixing mode walks through each one step by step, so even the blended Piña Colada is hard to get wrong.