Cuba Kola

Name: Cuba Kola
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz. fresh lime juice; 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. 151-proof Demerara rum; 1 oz. orange juice; 1 oz. dark Jamaican rum; 1 ⁄ 2 oz. honey mixed with 1/2 oz. hot water; 1 dash Angostura bitters; 6 dashes Herbsaint or Pernod; Pineapple wedge and Maraschino cherry, for garnish

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

ARIANA LINDQUIST

We based this rum cocktail on one from Ray Buhen's Tiki-Ti (see Spirits of Polynesia), a Los Angeles bar that opened in 1961.

Ingredients

2 oz. fresh lime juice
1 ¹⁄₂ oz. 151-proof Demerara rum
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. dark Jamaican rum
¹⁄₂ oz. honey mixed with 1/2 oz. hot water
1 dash Angostura bitters
6 dashes Herbsaint or Pernod
Pineapple wedge and Maraschino cherry, for garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Put 2 cups of ice and the first 7 ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake well and pour into a short glass. Garnish with pineapple wedge speared with cherry.

Put 2 cups of ice and the first 7 ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake well and pour into a short glass. Garnish with pineapple wedge speared with cherry.