A Non-Alcoholic Daiquiri Has Two Different Measures

You can buy rum alternative, limes and syrup and still arrive at the counter without a Daiquiri recipe. Those three things describe a family of drinks, not a set of measures. Ritual and Lyre's both publish non-alcoholic Daiquiris for their own bases. Both are shaken and strained. Their ingredient ratios are different enough that a shopping calculation should start with one complete recipe, not an average of the two.

The question here is narrower and more useful before buying: what does each producer actually ask you to measure?

Keep each recipe intact

Ritual says to shake its measured ingredients with ice for about 15–20 seconds, double-strain into a chilled coupe and garnish. Lyre's instructions are shorter: shake with ice, fine-strain, serve in a coupette and finish with lime zest. Neither published recipe calls for a blender. Ritual's page mentions a blended variation elsewhere, but that is an option, not the method of the measured drink above.

The syrup line is not a trivial footnote. Lyre's gives a 1:1 white sugar syrup specification; Ritual calls for simple syrup without supplying a concentration in this recipe. If you are trying to reproduce a producer's formula, the Lyre's specification belongs on the shopping note. It is not permission to declare the two syrups or the finished drinks equivalent.

Six glasses make the difference visible

Suppose you want six of one recipe, assembled individually. Multiplying Ritual's lines by six gives 12 fl oz Rum Alternative, 4½ fl oz fresh lime juice and 3 fl oz simple syrup. Multiplying Lyre's gives 15 fl oz White Rum Alternative, 6 fl oz lime juice and 6 fl oz 1:1 white sugar syrup. Ice, garnish and the optional salt still need their own plan; neither producer gives a fixed total ice quantity for six.

That is a 3 fl oz difference in base, 1½ fl oz in lime and 3 fl oz in syrup across the first six glasses. These are differences in the published ingredient lists, not predictions about the finished drinks. Do not pour all six servings into one shaker just because the totals fit on a list. Both methods describe an individual shaken drink, and shaker capacity plus dilution are not established by the recipe pages. Measure each drink, or follow a separately documented batch method.

For one person deciding what to buy, the useful split is simple. If you already have a specified 1:1 syrup and the Lyre's bottle, its recipe tells you precisely what to do. If your base is Ritual, follow Ritual's own measures. If you have neither, compare the complete basket—including the right base, syrup, fresh limes, ice and straining setup—rather than buying a rum alternative from a product photograph and improvising the rest.

A classic name is not a universal recipe card. Pick the maker's method you intend to follow, write its quantities on the list, and keep the other maker's numbers out of that glass.