Science Of Drink

This MxMo (hosted by Frederic & company at Cocktail Virgin Slut has very interesting theme - tea. Tea, as it strikes me, is not widespread ingredients of cocktail. I know a few cocktail with tea but never prepare or taste they. But I like tea and like cocktails and then participate!

Actually I am a big fan of tea, but only one kind of tea - I love strong, sweet and hot black tea - I love russian tea (without lemon ;) ). This is my method of making the tea:

How make the tea like a kiss (russian method): Please use only best quality black whole leaf tea. Please use thin-walled porcelain teapot. Take a teaspoonful of tea per one cup of tea (200 ml). Give a swill teapot with boiling water (and warm up). Then put tea in the teapot and warm up during half of minute. Then pour over tea boiling water (half of teapot), close teapot and cover the teapot with linen towel. Wait 3 minutes and add boiling water for full teapot. Wait 3-5 minutes. You may see white foam on the surface of tea if you make all right. This foam is significative of tea quality and proper making. The properly making tea must be like a kiss - strong, sweet, hot. I use that sort of tea for this cocktail:

English Cobbler

15 ml fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp. sugar
30 ml strong tea
60 ml Jamaica rum
Build. Serve in highball glass with crushed ice. Garnish with berry. Serve with straws.

It is my first cobbler. Actually cobbler garnish with berry - something like blackberry and raspberry, but I garnish my first cobbler with another berry - cape gooseberry :)

The English Cobbler is interesting cocktail. It has so strong and a little bit tart taste with great rum palate. I use two my rums in this cocktail - sweet and aromatic cuban rum Varadero Oro 5 Anos and awesome Demerara rum - rich, smooth and complex El Dorado 15 y.o. Both cocktails are admiable! I can make the next conclusion - good rums with good tea is good idea :)

This month MxMo hosted on Beers in the Shower. The author of this blog announce theme so interesting, but extremely elusive for me. I think “Money Drinks” is like “worth the money” drinks or “make the money” drinks… I hope I have right understanding. For this MxMo I explore one of my favorite “for my guest” cocktail - Cosmopolitan. The Cosmopolitan Cocktail is very popular modern cocktail. It has so many fans and it is a TV-star. It is really one of the most popular cocktail worldwide.

The story of this cocktail is relatively unclear, you may read some of it here (wiki) or here (webtender). My favorite Dale DeGroff in The Craft of the Cocktail and The Essential Cocktails wrote that author of Cosmopolitan is Cheryl Cook. Also he associate the Cosmopolitan with Ocean Spray cooperative and its cranberry juice.

Now we have many recipes of Cosmopolitan. The Cosmopolitan is father of big “cosmo”-family (like margarita or martini). I think that Cosmopolitan consist of vodka as main alcohol, Cointreau as sweetener, cranberry and lime juices. Optional ingredients are orange bitter, simple syrup or lime syrup. Generalized recipe of Cosmopolitan therefore is:

Cosmopolitan

30-45 ml vodka (or citrus vodka)
7-25 ml Cointreau
2 dash - 28 ml cranberry juice
5-13 ml fresh pressed lime juice
optional:
0-2 dash orange bitters
0-8 ml simple syrup
0-5 ml lime syrup
Shake all ingredients in ice-filled shaker and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a orange twist (spiral) or flamed orange peel or lime wedge (or wheel) or lime zest.

I tested eleven version of Cosmopolitan which was found in different sources (like blogs, sites, books etc) and at different times. You may find all recipes in this .pdf files. You may organize yours own “Great Cosmo Roundup” with this simple and clear table :)

Cosmopolitan.PDF

This is results of my “Great Science of Drink Cosmopolitan Roundup”. It begin with my first Cosmopolitan, I do not remember a source of this version.

1. Cosmopolitan (Unknown version) - so strong cocktail with elegant citrus taste;

2. Cosmopolitan (Chris Doig - Brilliant Cocktails) - this version has medium strength and sour-sweet very orange taste, good choice for novice;

3. Cosmopolitan (Jay Hapburn - Oh, gosh! ) - aromatic version of Cosmopolitan, has rich aroma and taste;

4. Cosmopolitan (Dale DeGroff - The King of Cocktails ) - it is well-balanced version with medium strength and delicate citrus taste, this recipe has one lack - too much of the cranberry juice. This is good for novice, not for adept :) ;

5. Cosmopolitan (cocktailtimes.com) - this version has very indistinct taste;

6. Cosmopolitan (Davide Wondrich — quintessence (Esquire Drink Database)) -
it is very good version, it has smooth aromatic and citrus sour-sweet taste, but please omit sugar rim - I think it is joke;

7. Cosmopolitan (Gary Regan (The Joy of Mixology, 2003) (from CocktailDB) - strong and sweet cocktail (Kamikaze :) ) with cranberry juice as dye-stuff, excellent drink;

8. Cosmopolitan (Time Out (wiki.webtender.com)) - sophisticated recipe but mediocre results;

9. Cosmopolitan (Salvatore Calabrese - The Maestro - (from book Classic Cocktails)) - so strong and tempered version;

10. Cosmopolitan (IBA) - light sweet cocktail, novice only;

11. Cosmopolitan (cointreau.com) - strong, sweet and citrus cocktail.

Some tips for your Ultimate Cosmopolitan:

- use good quality vodka (pure or citrus-flavored depend upon you taste, both variants work well in Cosmopolitan)

- use Cointreau (not cheap triple sec), it is good choice for you fresh and citrus Cosmo;

- use good and expensive cranberry juice (and omit the recipe with high amount of cranberry juice, if it possible);

- use fresh ripe limes for yours fresh pressed lime juice, DO NOT use preserved lime juice or something like that. You may add some simple syrup for preferable balance of sour-sweet. Omit lime syrup;

- you can use orange bitter for high aromatic cocktail, please add bitters responsibly ;) ;

- in my humble opinion, most appropriate garnish for Cosmopolitan cocktail is orange zest. I use orange zest spiral for strong version (with high Cointreau content) and flamed orange peel for the others. Flamed orange peel is real show, it is real Cosmo-mood. For flamed orange peel you may:

1. Cut small piece of orange peel. Take this piece of orsnge peel in one hand and a match in other. Strike a match as you see on foto :)

2. Heat the surface of peel with a flame of match through few seconds.

3. Press on peel for release of essential oil.

I can resume that Cosmopolitan cocktail is awesome drink. It has right name, good taste, good looks and good mood. It is acceptable as for cocktail novice as adept. When made correctly, it is a brilliant drink.

This MxMo XLI “Vodka Is Your Friend” dedicate to one of my favorite strong alcoholic beverage - vodka. Vodka (or in ukrainian tradition is spelled as gorilka) is strong colorless and tastless beverage which made from neutral refined (rectified) spirit obtained as a rule from grain (rye or wheat). Our tradition of vodka consumption is very interesting and connected with traditional ukrainian hospitality, lavishness and friendliness. Usually we drink about 0,5 l vodka per man in one evening with large meal and pleasure talk. Such tradition called “bukhat` s drugom”.

But for my blog I use vodka for many delicious cocktails. In this post I investigate some cocktail with “russian” name - Black Russian (great classic digestive cocktail) and its famous cousin - White Russian.

One of first scene with Black Russian Cocktail we can see in the Ninotchka (1939) movie with great Gretta Garbo as russian komissar Ninotchka (see also another great vodka cocktail). This cocktail is simple but elegant combination of quality vodka and coffee liqueur. In my liquor cabinet I have two famous coffee liqueur - mexican liqueur from pure Arabica coffee - Kahlua and jamaican liqueur from Blue Montain coffee - Tia Maria. Usually cocktail Black Russian are prepared as build cocktail, but some connoisseur advise to use shake.

Black Russian

45 ml vodka
20 ml coffee liqueur (Kahlua)
Build over ice on a rocks glass. No garnish.

or

Another Black Russian,

45 ml vodka
20 ml coffee liqueur (Tia Maria)
Shake. Cocktail glass, maraschino cherry for garnish.

Black Russian Cocktail is sweet digestive (afterdinner) cocktail with bright taste of coffee. My choice is Black Russian Cocktail with Tia Maria liqueur, shaken. It is great very smooth, sweet and little dry cocktail. It has so complex taste with note of rum, sugarcane and vanilla. But it is no so black :)

This cocktail with a dash of fresh lemon juice turn into Black Magic Cocktail.

Black Magic

45 ml vodka
20 ml coffee liqueur
1 dash fresh lemon juice
Build in ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

It is great, smooth anв very pleasant afterdinner cocktail with interesting taste of coffee.

The Black Russian Cocktail with cream turn into White Russian Cocktail (Black Russian with White Cap if it are preparing as build :). This cocktail is so popular, some Dude consume nine the same during one film :)

White Russian

40 ml vodka
20 ml coffee liqueur
20 ml light cream
Build (shake). Rocks glass.

This cocktail is sweet and creamy booze. It is no my choice, but if you, dude, like sweet and creamy stuff is your choice… :)

For this Mixology Monday XXXVII: First Time (LUPEC Boston) I prepared two my favorite cocktails. This two cocktails is very discovered by me and I found “gold” proportion and technique for it. This is my ultimate or supreme-version.

First cocktail is a Mai Tai. Pure tiki-classic and best cocktail in the world.

SupreMai-Tai

30 ml aged Cuban rum Havana Club Anejo 7 Anos
30 ml aged dark rum Angostura 1824
15 ml orange curacao
15 ml orgeat
5 ml rock candy syrup
1 dash Angostura bitter
Shake all with a lot of cracked ice. Serve in apropriate rock glass with crushed ice. Garnish with beautiful flower.

This SupreMai-Tai has very smooth, a little sweet and gorgeous taste.

I try to use different flowers for my SupreMai-Tai. All of it look very good. For example - narcissus.

Second cocktail is Mojito. It is very simple cocktail. The preparation of the Mojito is an art.

SupreMojito

1 tsp. sugar
10 ml fresh lime juice
10 fresh mint leaves (Mentha piperita var. alba)
70 ml white cuban rum Havana Club Anejo Blanco
50 ml soda water (alkaline mineral water)
Muddle mint with sugar and juice. Add crushed ice, rum and stir well. Add crushed ice and sida. Garnish with lime wedge and mint sprig.

SupreMojito has bright and very fresh taste of mint and rum. It is very smooth and light cocktail.

This MxMo XXXV theme is “Broaden Your Horizons”. I think is very interesing and perspective theme for me. My wife help me to choose a cocktail and horizons which I investigate on this MxMo. Mixing with raw egg is my new horizons! Actually I fear (and hate) raw eggs. But for this MxMo I can beat my fear.

I decide to preapare White Lady Cocktail - really classic and famous cocktail. Good story of this cocktail you may read on Esquire Drink Database. This cocktail is realy monumental. Some imbabers, for example Anthony Hogg (in book Cocktails and Mixed Drinks), pay great attention to White Lady Cocktail. It take second place (after Martini!) in Big Seven by Anthony Hogg. White Lady Cocktail has so simple and elegant composition - gin, Cointreau, fresh lemon juice and dash of raw egg white.

White Lady

50 ml gin
25 ml Cointreau
25 ml fresh lemon juice
1 bsp. of raw eqq white
Shake well with a lot of cracked ice. Strain in to cocktail glass.

White Lady Cocktail is perfect drink with really smooth taste and great texture. The perfect white foam on the top is great garnish of this cocktail.

This MxMo host is Two at the Most and he propose very intriguing theme - Guilty Pleasures. I think about this several days… As you can see - you can find on my blog different recipes. For example you can find on my blog cocktails with irish cream… or shooters with tequila… or Long Island Iced Tea with all variations (explicit names includes)…

The recipe of this drink I found on now defunct Martini Republic (if I not mistaken) several years ago. This simple concoction is my “number one choice” for outdoor party all this time.

Kalimotxo

1 part ordinary red dry wine (preferable spanish)
1 part Coca Cola
Build. Plastic bottle. No garnish.

Take 1 litre wine and 2-litre bottle of cola. Pour out about half cola and fill with wine. Chill and drink. Enjoy! (This video will help you to understand real kalimotxo-mood.

:) Am I in topic?

Theme of this MxMo is local flavor. Actually it is very interesting for me. I glad to present to you our ukrainian authentic alcohol drink - gorilka. Gorilka is same thing that vodka - strong drink from wheat and rye (in common case grain) rectificated spirit with different aromatic additives such as aromatic spirits from plants, berries and other. The real ukrainian taste of gorilka is unusual and very brave combination of pepper and honey. It is very cool combination I must say.

For MxMo I prepare very unusual cocktail from Honey Pepper Gorilka - Honey Pepper Manhattan. It is coctail for real man with big heart :) And bad appetite ;) It is a joke!

Nemiroff Honey Pepper Manhattan

50 ml Nemiroff Honey Pepper Original Gorilka
20 ml sweet italian vermouth
1-2 drops Angostura bitters
Stir. Cocktail glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.

This cocktail has unique combination of burning pepper and sweet honey taste.

The theme of this MxMo - Rum! Rum is my favorite alcohol beverage now. I have many bottle of rum in my bar and use it every so often. Aspecially I like aged rums and the best cocktail with aged rum - Mai Tai. Mai Tai is most famous tiki-drink, which was invented by Victor J. “Trader Vic” Bergeron. This monumental cocktail has many own lovers and fans. Actually, a properly made Mai Tai is great and potent drink and I want to give some information about my Mai Tai for you!

The basic idea of Mai Tai is “Creating a drink that would be the finest drink we could make, using the finest ingredients we could find.” It is great words!

Cocktail Mai Tai has many variations now. Common I use classic recipe of Mai Tai by Trader Vic:

Mai Tai

60 ml best aged rum
(or 30 ml best aged white rum and
30 ml best aged dark rum)
15 ml orange curacao
15 ml orgeat
5 ml rock candy syrup
30 ml fresh lime juice

Shake all with a lot of cracked ice. Serve in apropriate rock glass with crushed ice. Garnish with a lime shell, cherry and mint sprig.

Some DOES and DONTS of Mai Tai:

1. Mai Tai is NOT red, NOT blue or green! It contains NO grenadine, NO coconut rum, NO pineapple juice from can! Only fresh squeezed lime juice! Mai Tai has from light to dark brown colour.

2. The garnish is variable. You can to garnish yours Mai Tai with orange wedge and maraschino cherry (flag) (as Jeffrey Morgenthaler), with lime shell and sprig of mint(as Trader Vic) or exotic flower.

3. Use only best aged rums for Mai Tai or blend of the same as.

4. Use only best ingredients for Mai Tai. Good choice is Orgeat by Monin and orange curacao liqueur by Bols or Marie Brizard. Do NOT use Amaretto instead Orgeat, but Cointreau instead curacao work well with some rums.

5. You must use the rock candy syrup in Mai Tai. The rock candy syrup is rich sugar syrup with some vanilla. Personally, I prepared own rock candy syrup. I use this recipe:

Rock candy syrup

100 g white sugar
100 g brown sugar
5 drops of vanilla extract

Mix sugar and boiling water and stir untill sugar disolved completely. Strain syrup in bottle with vanilla extract. Keep fridge.

6. Use only fresh ripe limes for Mai Tai. Do NOT use lime juice from can or something like Roses Lime.

7. You MUST use a lot of cracked ice in shaker for proper Mai Tai. The drink must be very cold. You can add cutted lime shell in a shaker (as recommend a guru of tiki-drinks Jeff Berry) for very smooth and refreshing results.

8. As Jeffrey Morgenthaler wrote “When made properly, the Mai Tai is a smooth, slightly sweet, and potent concoction - and well worthy of our sophisticated palates (heh).” As for me, I think that Mai Tais taste is rich, interesting and bright.

The best rums in my bar are:

VARADERO Anejo 7 Anos

Varadero 7 y.o. is one of my new rums. It has no site in www. Varadero Anejo 7 Years is a rum from Cuba. It is a brown color rum and aged for 7 years. Relatively inexpensive - my 0,7 l bottle cost about 20 USD. This rum has no own site, that is not surprising - rum produced in Cuba. This rum has right rum aroma and sweet, light taste with some molasses and vanilla note. Varadero 7 y.o. is pleasant drink, but no more. Looks like the Varadero 7 y.o. is false Havana Club 7 y.o. - good but not amirable.

Cocktail Mai Tai with Varadero 7 y.o. rum has smooth and very sweet taste, but not interesting. Тhe taste is no very bad, but no good for me. In my opinion this rum is no good choice in Mai Tai (single).

HAVANA CLUB Anejo 7 Anos

Havana Club 7 Anos is the epitome of cuban rum. “The very essense of aged Cuban rum which I am most proud of.” (Don Jose Navarro , Primer Maestro Ronero. Havana Club 7 Anos embodies Cuban rum-making excellence and recognized as one of the best aged rums in the world. (From http://www.havana-club.com)

It is legendary aged cuban rum. The real masterpiece of rum distiller art. Great and sophisticated things. Havana Club 7 y.o. has rich, cognac-like aroma with deep and little smoky aromas of coffee and tobacco. In taste are some molasses, vanilla, chocolate and coffee with dry and woody finish. The rum has refined, complex and rich smooth taste. Actually Havana Club 7 y.o. is one of my favorite siping rum.

Mai Tai with Havana Club 7 y.o. has smooth, interesting sweet taste. The rum taste is so uncertain… Undobtedly is great drink but… But I prefer to add some drops of Angostura bitter in my Mai Tai with this rum for more bright taste.

BACARDI 8

8 years of aging, mellowing and maturing. These are some of what create the rich, smooth and full-bodied flavour of our premium rum. 8 years time to develop into an exeptional rum that embodies the virtues that Bacardi stands for: Craftmanship, Tradition and Passion since 1862. Bacardi 8 Rum - The art of a passionate life. (From http://www.bacardi8.com)

This rum is pride of Bacardi family. First aged rum from Bacardi company is so interesting thing, on my opinion. A good “rum” nose of this rum has some mokasses, vanilla and caramel undertones. The taste is a little harsh and warm, but bright. The aged, woody notes are so ulterior. In taste are fruit tones and vanilla. This so aromatic rum is good on the rocks, but so harsh from snifter.

The Mai Tai with this rum has very sweet taste. The rum taste is so weak and no interesting. As single rum Bacardi 8 is no good choice for Mai Tai.

 ANGOSTURA 1919 Premium Rum (8 y.o.)

A marvelous anejo made from a blend of light and heavy molasses-based rums aged for a minimum of 8 years in charred American oak bourbon barrels. Angostura 1919 rum possesses a rich, golden-amber hue with excellent clarity. (From http://www.angostura.com/)

It is great heavy rum from Trinidad. This extraaromatic rum has very rich, big flavor - sweet molasses, vanilla. The fullbodied taste with warm and sweet notes of molasses, caramel, brawn sugar is very pungent. This rum has live, active character and I like it very much! This rum great for siping, especially with some ice.

The Mai Tai with Angostura 1919 has great aroma and very interesting rich and piquant taste. Тне taste is so more sweet, and I recomend to increase amount of lime for this rum. The rich sweet taste of rum play first role in this drink. Exellent cocktail!

 EL DORADO Finest Demerara Rum 12 Years Old

Formerly King of Diamonds, this distinctive spirit, aged in oaken casks for 12 years and blended to achieve a smooth strength and rich, full-bodied taste, is a rum of superb colour, full, fragrant aroma; a sure delight to the most discerning drinker. (From http://www.demrum.com)

First of my favorite Demerara rum - El Dorado 12 y.o. Great rum for cocktail or siping. This rum has complex and interesting taste and aroma. The nose is spicy and fruity but with aged notes. Round, full body taste with powerfull notes of fruit, tabacco and orange peel. In aftertaste we feel very balanced aged notes of oak, leather.

Excelent! Very balanced slightly sweet and very refreshing bright taste! Undoubtedly is real and great ingredient for Mai Tai.

 MATUSALEM Gran Reserva Solera 15

Matusalem GRAN RESERVA is our crowning achievement. Originally produced over 130 years ago in Santiago de Cuba and known as the Cognac of Rums, this Solera 15 super premium rum is the perfect choice… [] GRAN RESERVA has been Solera aged for approximately 15 years, with the main blender rums carefully united with more exuberent, younger rums, resulting in an exquisite bouquet and flavor.With Matusalem Gran Reserva youre free to indulge your appreciation for the finer things in life. Youll find that GRAN RESERVA is exotic, sensuous, complex,free-spirited and worldly. 15-YEAR SOLERA AGEDSUPER PREMIUM RUM. Gran Reserva has a rich, golden color comparable to those found in the worlds best oak-barrel aged spirits. Its clear, brilliant red and amber tones come from the Solera system of blending young and mature rums in oak casks… [] (From http://www.matusalem.com)

It is one more “cuban” rum. Now Matusalem produced in Dominicana for USA-office. Great old rum produced with unique solera-method of aging. Refined, very balanced nose with note of vanilla, caramel and plums. It look like expensive parfume. Delicate taste with an exceptional bouquet with vanilla, molasses and caramel notes. This rum has very male character. This rum close to Havana Club 7 y.o. and recommend for siping.

The Mai Tai Cocktail with Matusalem Gran Reserva is very interesting and unusual Mai Tai. The taste of rum is no so bright, but cocktail has bright orange taste. Sweet, citrus and very refreshing cocktail.

 EL DORADO Special Finest Demerara Rum 15 Years Old

Premier in the range of rums, is the El Dorado 15 years old Special Reserve Rum. This premium product of great distinction is a blend of specially selected aged rums, some as old as 25 years old, blended to perfection by the company’s master blenders and aged in oak casks. To complement this fine product, the rum is packaged in a gold embossed presentation box illustrated with a maritime design, underlying Demerara Distillers’ association with ancient maritime traditions. The bottle, a unique custom designed bottle, was inspired by the shape of the old hand blown flasks used on the banks of the Demerara river, centuries ago, by the sugar planters. (From http://www.demrum.com)

My second aged Demerara rum. It has bright full bodieb taste and rich aroma. In nose this rum has composition of cedar, fruit (banana) and sweet (molasses, brown sugar) notes. Very rich and complex taste with bright notes of oak, dry caramel and tropical fruit. In deep taste we can find very interesting scotch-like smoky notes. Very strong and rich rum.

Great rum - great result. Perfect balanced cocktail with great rum taste.

EL DORADO Special Reserve Finest Demerara Rum 21 Years Old

A Rum of supreme quality. El Dorado 21 year old is an exquisite rum. In this blend of select aged rums, each of the constituent rums is at least 21 years old. Some are much older and can be as old as 25 years. To achieve the superb colour, smooth taste and full fragrant aroma, the rums are matured in 45 gallon oak casks in an ideal natural climate for ageing - within six degrees of the equator on the tropical north coast of South America, blended to perfection by master blenders. This is designed for the connoisseur of rums who has the time to indulge and appreciate the wonders of this creation. (From Demerara Distillers Europe)

Really, this rum is unique masterpiece of demearara plantators. This rum is glorious, admirable drink. Full bodied, high aromatic rum surprise me with extremely smooth and rich taste. Very potent, bright, charismatic rum. The nose of this rum very complex, we can find notes of exotic fruit, leather, cocoa, coffe, molasses, vanilla, brown sugar, orange peel and more! Extremely rich sweet taste has delicious note of dried fruits - raisin, prunes, dried apricots, also aging notes of tobacco in ocean of sweet molasses, caramel, vanilla notes. Long warm and sweet aftertaste with liquorice notes delivering a long lasting sensation. It is realy a Big Rum.

The Mai Tai with El Dorado 21 y.o. is grandiose and fascinated drink. Perfectly balanced, very rich and interesting drink. I do not know the taste of original Mai Tai with Jamaican 17 y.o. rum, but I am sure that this drink no worse.

The theme of this MxMo is Fruit Liqueur. In my liquor cabinet are about 40 bottle of fruit liqueur :) But I have not time to explore this!

I found this sweet french cocktail in Michael Jackson`s Bar and Cocktail Book last summer. This fruity cocktail very impressed me and my guests.

Kirsch and Cassis

60 ml Creme de Cassis
30 ml kirsch
soda water
Shake with lot of crushed ice thoroughly. Serve in balloon wine glass with few large ice cube and add soda.

Extremely fruity!

I interested very much for compose overpowering drink last summer. I try many variations of Hurricane (from 2 oz to 8 oz of rum), Mai Tai, Fog Cutter… But I missed one interesting drink - Scorpion. Is modern classic cocktail was invented somewhere in California (it is right?). It is very refreshing taste and effect like scorpion sting (but no deathful). Unfortunately I don`t have time for good investigation of this cocktail.

Scorpion

60 ml light or gold rum
30 ml brandy
15 ml orgeat
60 ml fresh orange juice
45 ml fresh lemon juice
Blend with a lot of ice. Serve in highball glass with ice, garnish with flag and something like this…

I use Angostura 1919 Premium rum from Trinidad and 100 g of crushed ice. The result is extremely tasty and refreshing.