Where did this odd name come from? There are two very different stories about its origin, although both theories agree that the name refers to Charles Lindbergh who landed in Puerto Rico in 1928. This is where the stories diverge. The popular version, and the one I had always heard, was that upon landing in the heat of Puerto Rico, someone handed him the cool, cup of iced tropical juice and he enjoyed it so much that the treat was named after him. The other version is that Lindbergh was so cold to the Puerto Rican community that they named the ice after him. “Eres más frío que un límber” You’re colder than a limber might not be a reference to him, but rather to the fact that limbers are indeed cold. His name is also used in the expression, “Está más perdido que el hijo de Lindbergh.” You’re more lost than Lindbergh’s son….referring to his kidnapped son.