Tropical & Tiki · Rum Cocktails
Don's Special Daiquiri
Tiki's founding father dressed up the daiquiri with honey and passion fruit.
- Base spirit
- Rum
- Origin
- Hollywood, USA
- Period
- 1930s
- Creator
- Donn Beach
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- White rum45 ml
- Aged rum15 ml
- Passion fruit syrup15 ml
- Honey syrup15 ml
- Fresh lime juice15 ml
- Glass
- Chilled coupe
- Ice
- Served up, no ice
- Garnish
- None
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 4 min
Method
- 01
Chill the coupe.
- 02
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- 03
Shake hard for 10–12 seconds.
- 04
Double strain into the coupe.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Passion fruit, honey, molasses
- Finish
- Tropical and round
- Character
- Lush tropical daiquiri
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Created by Donn Beach (Ernest Gantt), founder of Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood in the 1930s, who layered multiple rums to build tiki's signature depth.
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