As a rum that lives in Cuba, rather than a rum born in Cuba, Havana Club is the world’s 50 best bars topchoice for the Mojito.

It is preferred by 38% of polled bars, to Bacardi’s 20%.

Havana Club is the choice too for the Daiquiri in 27% of bars, but in 23% it is Bacardi.

Outside of the Cuban favourites, Bacardi gets its revenge – it is the rum of choice for the kitsch cocktail of the moment, the Piña Colada, in 21% of cases.

Stepping further into tiki, Appleton wins the Mai Tai poll – 33% of our bars use the brand, as opposed to 8% for fellow Jamaican brand Smith & Cross and 6% that use Bacardi.