1 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1 fl oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
1 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
2 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge speared with a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Garnish with Ppneapple wedge on rim speared with a cherry.
Strength & taste guide:
Review:
Gin and juice - orange with a splash of orange liqueur.
Variant:
For a drier version of this cocktail see Houla Houla.
The Orange Blossom is simply gin and juice with grenadine.
History:
First published, spelt Houla-Houla, in Robert Vermeire's 1922 Cocktails How to Mix Them with the notation, "This drink originates from Hawaii".
Houla-Houla Cocktail.
Robert Vermeire, Cocktails How to Mix Them, 1922
Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add:
2/6 gill of Gin.
1/6 gill of Orange Juice.
1 teaspoonful of Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into a cocktail-glass.
This drink originates from Hawaii.
This cocktail then appears, spelt Hoola-Hoola, with an equal parts recipe in Harry of Ciro's 1923 ABC of Mixing Cocktails
Hoola-Hoola Cocktail.
Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1923
⅓ Gin, ⅓ Curaçao, ⅓ Orange Juice.
But is returned to its original spelling for its inclusion in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
HOULA-HOULA COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930
1 Dash Curaçao.
⅓ Orange Juice.
⅔ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Ray Buhen, one of Don The Beachcomber's original bartenders, who went on to open his own Tiki-Ti Bar in Los Angeles, introduced a third spelling. In his book Sippin' Safari, Jeff Berry features a recipe for a Hula Hula from the personal notebook Ray used in 1934 when he first worked as a bartender at the Beverly Hills Hotel, "1 ounce orange curaçao, 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce fresh orange juice."
Nutrition:
One serving of Hula Hula, Houla Houla or Hoola-Hoola contains 179 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 19.89% alc./vol. (39.78° proof)
- 18 grams of pure alcohol
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