The international drinks multinational Bacardi-Martini Limited has its origins in Cuba. Facundo Bacardi Massó (1814-1887), a wine merchant who immigrated from Spain in 1830, experimented with spirits and founded the distillery "Bacardi y Compañia" with his brother José Bacardi (1829-1904) in Santiago de Cuba in 1862. He developed the recipe for the world's first clear "white" rum, which is produced according to a recipe that is still kept secret today, with fermentation using special yeasts, charcoal filtering and storage in oak barrels. The unmistakable trademark is a bat, which symbolises good luck in Cuba. From 1872, the founder's sons Emilio Bacardi Moreau (1844-1922) and Facundo Bacardi Moreau (1848-1926) continued to run the company.
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