White rum and peach are whipped with lime, honey, fresh mint and pineapple over crushed ice into a frosty, fragrant slush that pours bright, herbaceous and tropical. The fruit and mint smooth over the rum so thoroughly that it drinks deceptively easily — exactly the downfall the name warns of, equal parts refreshment and trouble.
Garnish: Mint Sprig, Pineapple Wedge
Blended · Coppa grande · Crushed
blend
Combine the white rum, peach brandy, lime juice, honey syrup, mint leaves, and pineapple chunks in a blender with about half a cup of crushed ice.
blend
Blend until smooth and frosty.
add
Pour the blended drink into a chilled Coppa grande (large coupe) glass.
garnish
Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and a slice of pineapple.
Donn Beach — born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt — created the Missionary's Downfall around 1937 at Don the Beachcomber, his bar in Hollywood. The late-1930s dating traces to Beachbum Berry's Remixed, and recipe guides since have kept the credit firmly with Beach. The International Bartenders Association eventually named it an official cocktail in its New Era category, setting down a blended recipe that calls for peach brandy.