Classic Garnishes

• Daiquiri garnishes should complement the drink’s flavors. Traditionally, you garnish a daiquiri with a lime. A maraschino cherry can accompany the lime as it pairs well with the lime flavors in the drink.

Creative Options

• Author Ernest Hemingway preferred his daiquiris with grapefruit juice instead of lime juice. Over the last century, bartenders have come up with hundreds of daiquiri variations. While a lime can serve as a garnish for these special daiquiris, you might also choose a garnish that reflects your drink’s flavors. For example, try an apple wedge with an apple daiquiri, a pineapple wedge with a pineapple daiquiri or -- if you really want to get creative -- a basil leaf with a honey and basil daiquiri.

Garnish Placement

• Garnish placement is just as important as the choice of garnish for cocktails. Traditional, not frozen, daiquiris can be served in either martini glasses or old-fashioned glasses. If you’re serving your daiquiri in a martini glass, place the garnish on the rim. Fruit garnishes will hold better if you make a thin slice in the center of the wedge. If you’re serving the daiquiri in an old-fashioned, or lowball, glass, place the garnish on top of the drink. If you want to use multiple garnishes -- pineapple and lime, or raspberries and mint -- you can skewer the garnishes together on a cocktail stick.

Frozen Daiquiris

• Frozen daiquiris are typically served in hurricane glasses. Place the garnish on the rim of the glass, or make fruit skewers -- pineapple, orange and banana is a good combination -- to float in the drink. Always serve these festive, summery drinks with a straw.