Kilauea Cocktail
The Pele tiki mug kickstarter was a success, and the production of mugs is still ongoing, after a lot of trial and error getting the glaze to come out the way I’d hoped. My production is a little behind schedule — but whether you have a mug yet or not, I thought I’d share the recipe for the Kilauea cocktail that I developed for the annual Kilauea Cove tiki party:
Kilauea1
- ¾ oz. fresh lime juice
- ½ oz. fresh orange juice
- ½ oz. white grapefruit juice2
- ½ oz. Li Hing Mui syrup3
- ¼ oz. falernum
- ½ tsp. coffee liqueur
- ¾ oz. Smith & Cross Rum
- ¾ oz. El Dorado 12 Year Rum
- a dash of Bittermens ‘Elemakule Tiki Bitters
- 1 oz. cold brew Kona coffee
- 4 oz. crushed ice
Blend all but coffee for 10 seconds. Pour into mug half-filled with ice cubes. Float coffee, and garnish with a smoldering cinnamon stick.
- Adapted from “Krakatoa” by Jeff Berry, in Beachbum Berry Remixed, p.58 ↩
- Pink is ok, if you must. Freshness is more important than varietal. ↩
- If you have a Pele mug with a recipe card, this ingredient is listed as Hibiscus Syrup, but after a few taste tests, the decision to move to Li Hing Mui syrup was made. ↩
Hello,do you have any of the fire Pete mugs available?
Thank you for any info,
Ian
No, the ones in the Kickstarter still haven’t even been finished, because the glazing process to get the look I wanted is way more complicated than I thought it would be. There may be a few glaze tests available after all backers have been fulfilled, but I don’t think I’ll be making any more of them in that Lava glaze.