Name: Kava
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - White (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old light; 15 ml Rum - White/gold 1-3 year old mellow light; 30 ml Pineapple juice (fresh pressed); 30 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 7.5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum
1/2 fl oz	Bacardi Gold rum
1 fl oz	Pineapple juice (fresh pressed)
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
1/4 fl oz	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1)
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Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum, 70cl

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Review:

A wonderfully fruity, fluffy and kitsch Tiki drink.

Variant:

Multiply ingredients by a factor of four to make a Kava Bowl and serve in ice-filled Tiki bowl.

History:

Adapted from a drink featured in Jeff Berry's 'Intoxica' and originally created circa 1942 by Trader Vic.

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Nutrition:

One serving of Kava contains 169 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
13.66% alc./vol. (27.32° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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