Name: Tahitian Honey Bee
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 20 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Honey and water syrup

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Tahitian Honey Bee contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.58% alc./vol. (37.15° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

TAHITIAN HONEY BEE
½ ounce lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
1½ ounces light Puerto Rican rum
Mix lemon juice and honey in shaker. Add rum. Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Add a twist of lemon peel.
Variation: Increase rum to 2 ounces and honey to ¼ ounce.

Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Bacardi Carta Blanca was incredibly bland in this. I always use a honey syrup made 3:1 with raw honey... Banks 5 and 2 drops of saline solution improved this immensely... A characterful rum brand is key to cut through the bee goo.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Used a white Barbados rum and our honey syrup made from local honey bees. Also had tree ripened lemons. This was wonderful. The lightness of the rum comes through and the cocktail was nice a dry.

Andrew Wilkinson 3y

I substituted the bacardi for captain morgans spiced rum, and it came out with a more layerful flavour. you get the rum, the sour then the long subtle clear note of honey at the end. Increase the honey syrup and decrease lemon juice for better smoother flavour.

lina linda 4y

3.5/5. It tastes a little bit like hot honey & lemon you would drink when you were sick as a kid, which tastes good but not as fresh as I would expect from a rum drink. Would still drink again though, good for winter months :)

Chris Dimal 3y

When I made this drink about two years ago, it's exactly that with Bacardi Carta Blanca. Lemon, honey and ethanol. A less botanical Gin Twist served cold. Since I love honey and citrus though, it's a great drink in my books. But I definitely see where you are coming from!