Some drinkers also prefer 2 teaspoons of honey in this cocktail.If youвЂ™d like to try that, use just ВЅ ounce of lime juice.

For this drink, I prefer a 2:1 ratio of rum to lime juice (i.e., 2 ounces of rum to 1 ounce of lime juice).

Garnish with lime wedge, if you wish, and serve.

Strain the drink into a tall glass filled with ice cubes or shaved ice.

Now fill the cocktail shaker half-full with ice, and shake again until thoroughly chilled-20 seconds or so.

Shake for a good 30 seconds to mix the honey (if you add ice at this point, itвЂ™s harder to incorporate the honey).

Add the rum, lime juice, and honey to a cocktail shaker without ice.

~5 ounces champagne (or sparkling wine see Notes).

ВЅ - 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice (I prefer 1 ounce, but see Notes).

2 ounces golden (aka вЂњamberвЂќ) rum (see Notes).

This recipe serves one, and takes about 5 minutes to prepare. I prefer a lime wedge-or no garnish at all. Nowadays, many people like a garnish of mint. Years ago, bartenders sometimes pasted an airmail stamp on the glass (hey, IвЂ™m just the messenger here). Served this way, the drink lasts a long time-making it a nice slow sipper. The usual choice is a tall (Collins) glass filled with ice.

This is a hefty drink, both in size and alcoholic content, so it requires a good-sized glass. The Airmail (sometimes spelled Air Mail) Cocktail contains amber rum, lime juice, honey, and champagne-or sparkling wine, which is what most of us will use (more on that in the Notes).

Airmail cocktail