# Tradewinds

A lush tropical revival balancing two styles of rum with apricot, fresh lemon, and a generous measure of sweet coconut.

Strength: 19% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 45 ml [Cream of coconut](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/coconut-cream.md)
- 30 ml [Apricot liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/apricot-liqueur.md)
- 30 ml [Black blended rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/black-blended-rum.md)
- 30 ml [Blended aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/blended-aged-rum.md) — Use a lightly aged blend.

## Glassware

Footed pilsner glass

## Garnish

- Lemon wedge
- Cocktail umbrella — Pull the umbrella inside out to look windblown, pierce the lemon wedge with it, and set it on the rim.

## Method

1. Add all the ingredients, 360 ml crushed ice, and four to six small ice cubes to a blender cup.
2. Flash-blend briefly.
3. Pour unstrained into a footed pilsner glass, holding back the larger ice cubes at the end of the pour.

## Related drinks

- [Hotel Nacional](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hotel-nacional.md): An elegant Cuban rum sour whose restrained pineapple, apricot, and lime suggest the tropics without sacrificing the spirit beneath them.
- [Demerara Dry Float](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/demerara-dry-float.md): Lime, passion fruit, maraschino, and aged rum make an unusually tart tropical drink whose overproof black-rum sidecar lets the drinker choose the danger.
- [Hurricane](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hurricane.md): The restored New Orleans branch is unapologetically huge and simple: black rum, lemon, and passion fruit in a two-one-one strong-sour-sweet avalanche.
- [Formidable Dragon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/formidable-dragon.md): Three rum styles, Amaro di Angostura, molasses, honey, and twin citrus make Martin Cate’s huge modern tropical drink dark, spicy, and surprisingly coherent.
- [Mundo Perdido](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mundo-perdido.md): Black rum and apple brandy give this compact modern tiki sour a dark fruit core, sharpened by lemon and rounded with cinnamon and demerara.
- [Painkiller](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/painkiller.md): A rich tropical drink of aged rum, pineapple, orange, and coconut beneath fragrant nutmeg.
- [Aku Aku](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aku-aku.md): Fresh pineapple and mint are flash-blended with lightly aged rum, peach liqueur, lime, and demerara before being fine-strained into an unusually vivid up drink.
- [La Guildive](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/la-guildive.md): Martin Cate’s up rum mule folds peach, vanilla-rich Licor 43, fresh lime, and cinnamon through a small, lively charge of ginger beer.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tradewinds
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/tradewinds-5590ff56.webp
- Recipe source: https://drinks.chrisruppel.com/drinks/tradewinds/