Hula Hula, Houla Houla or Hoola-Hoola

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.
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.

Robert Vermeire, Cocktails How to Mix Them, 1922

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.
⅓ Gin, ⅓ Curaçao, ⅓ Orange Juice.

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1923

But is returned to its original spelling for its inclusion in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

HOULA-HOULA COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Curaçao.
⅓ Orange Juice.
⅔ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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 177 calories