IBA Tiki

Lush and aromatic, it pours like a tropical fruit bowl laced with toasted nuts — passion fruit, pineapple and lime carry the bright end while amaretto, hazelnut liqueur and a few drops of maraschino lay a marzipan warmth over a pair of aged rums. Muddled ginger threads a clean, peppery bite through the middle, and a heap of pebbled ice keeps the long pour cold and glossy to the last sip.

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Ingredients

  • 1 ozAged Rum
  • 1 ozAged Rum(smoky expression)
  • 0.5 ozAmaretto
  • 1 tspHazelnut Liqueur
  • 5 dropMaraschino Liqueur
  • 1 ozPassion Fruit Purée
  • 3 ozPineapple Juice
  • 1 ozLime Juice
  • 1 pieceGinger Slice(muddled)

Garnish: Pineapple Wedge

Preparation

Shaken · Tiki · Crushed

  1. 1.

    muddle

    Muddle the slice of ginger in a cocktail shaker.

  2. 2.

    add

    Add the two aged rums, amaretto, Frangelico, maraschino, passion fruit purée, pineapple juice, and lime juice to the shaker.

  3. 3.

    shake

    Shake vigorously with ice.

  4. 4.

    strain

    Strain into a chilled tiki glass filled with pebbled (crushed) ice.

  5. 5.

    garnish

    Garnish with citrus and a dehydrated pineapple slice.

Origin

Cuban bartender Diosmel Mendoza Medrano devised the drink in 2022 at El Polinesio, the tiki bar that once operated as Trader Vic's within Havana's Habana Libre hotel. He made it as a tribute to the 69th IBA World Cocktail Championship, staged in Varadero, and anchored it on two Havana Club rums, Profundo and Smoky. In March 2024 the IBA adopted it as an official cocktail in its New Era category.

Sources

Flavor Profile

dilution
51%
fruity
50%
sweet
38%
sour
26%
viscosity
25%
body
25%
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