Name: Tonga
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 7.5 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Grenadine syrup; 60 ml Orange juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Tonga
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Serve in a Hurricane glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₄ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Hurricane glass.
Prepare garnish of orange, lime & lemon slices.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Review:

The rum and cognac flavours are masked by zesty orange.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tonga contains 280 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
11.55% alc./vol. (11.55° proof)
24.3 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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John Hinojos

19th April 2022 at 01:23

Very soft and fruity. Gave this 3 1/2 stars. You could not taste the rum or cognac for all the fruit.
However, after the first sip added about 1/4 oz of 151. Stirred. It was much better into the 4 star range. It was like a really strong tiki drink.