my man, what you had in your trip, was something called in different ways, but i i'll try to explain to you.
CUBA LIBRE .- brandy of your choice (1 - 2 oz) and cola. better if it is the red one lol, and the juice of half of a lemon (maybe one complete, it depends of you)
REGULAR CUBA.- same, brandy of your choice (1-2 oz) and cola. WITH OUT the lemon taste.
CUBA TERCIADA (cuba tripled... or something like that =s) .- Same but with a little difference, brandy of your choice (1 - 2 oz), and HALF cola, AND HALF mineral water. in the same glass, obviously.
CUBA PINTADA (tainted cuba).- SAAAAAAAME, brandy of your choice (1 - 2 oz) and almost filled with the mineral water, just this time, add a little touch (less than 1 oz) of cola, just for the taste.
If you tried with mexico brandy, there's something to keep in mind:
(in order of worst to better)
Brandy Presidente: ($4 - $7 Dlrs, depends on the quantity)
The worst of all brandys =s this one is for emergency case only AKA 2 am and nowhere to buy more.
Brandy Don Pedro: ($5 - $12 dlrs, again, depends on the quantity)
FAR better than presidente, (one of my personal favorites) nice and fair price, a lot sweet brandy. Really tasteful, i always keep some in the bar, just in case of curse.
Brandy Azteca de Oro ($15 - $27 dlrs saaaaame thing over here.)
Wood taste, a little expensive, but a great one to drink just like the regular cuba WITH little cuts of apple (green apple) believe me, just damn delicious.
Brandy Torres 5, 10, 15, 20: (the number means the age of the brandy, the price goes around since $13 dlrs (5) and shoots almost to $40 dlrs (20).
Chocolate taste, just delicious, any way you drink it, you'll love him, and that's a fact =p
I hope that this help you in any way, you surely can find ANY of this brandys in any mexican frontier (i will dare to say that maybe in wallmart, or something like that you can find some of these brandys.)
Hope this helps! your post just cross with a mexican brandy lover =d
excuse my English, hope that it wasn't all mess up jajajajaja
cya!