Here’s a sketch of something I’m working on – I’d love notes, opinions and ideas about it!
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz coffee syrup
1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
2 oz Coruba
1 oz 5-star Rhum Barbancourt
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Shake with crushed ice and pour into small goblet or large snifter glass. Garnish with lime and pineapple wedge.
It’s dark and mysterious with a hint of bright flavors. That’s the flavor profile I was going for, at least. I am intrigued with how the pineapple’s flavor is modified in the Penang Afrididi (Sippin’ Safari): All the middle round flavours are enhanced. I wanted to meld that middle aspect of the pineapple with the coffee notes of the Mai-Kai’s Dark Magic. Give ‘er a go, see what you think!
Having stumbled haphazardly into a coffee/pineapple/lime/rum combo last MxMo (and liking it), I’m definitely going to try this out. One question though…
Since I’m more likely to find a popsicle in the Sahara than Coruba in Pennsylvania, is there another brand/type of rum that might be a decent substitute?
Hm. Goslings, but it’s a bit more pricey. Maybe a Whaler’s dark? What darks do you have available to you in PA?
I’ll need to try this. Perhaps with Gosling’s and Havana Club…
This was a milepost on the way to the current formation of the Dark Magic, and I wouldn’t suggest it as a ‘finished’ drink.
Goslings and Havana would be an awesome direction — work on the brightness of the pinapple and the dryness of the havana. A tenebroso* cocktail if you would – deep black darkness with sharp bright notes.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrism