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)

Serve in a

Hurricane glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/2 fl oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1/4 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1/2 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Monin Pure Cane 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.

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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. (23.1° proof)
24.3 grams of pure alcohol

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