Tiki · Party · Summer

IBA Tiki

Two Havana Club rums with amaretto, Frangelico, passion fruit and pineapple. Long, lush and nutty — a full mug of work.

Base: Rum
Glass: Tiki mug
Method: Shake
Strength: 14% ABV

Ingredients

30 mlRon Profundo Havana Club
30 mlRon Smoky Havana Club
15 mlLicor Amaretto
5 mlLicor Frangelico
5 dropMaraschino Luxardo1 swap
A dry cherry liqueurlow
Less nutty
30 mlPassion Fruit Puree
90 mlFresh Pineapple Juice
30 mlFresh Lime Juice1 swap
Fresh lemon juicemedium
Slightly less floral, more tart
1 pcGengibre Slice

How to make

Technique

Shake · 10–15s

Shaking chills the drink fast while adding dilution and a light texture.

In a cocktail shaker muddle a thin slice of Gengibre, Pour all other ingredients.
Shake vigorously with ice.
Strain into a chilled Tiki glass filled with pebbled ice.

Serve

Glass

Tiki mugAlso fine: Double old fashioned glass, Highball glass

Garnish

Garnish with citruses and dehydrated pineapple slice.Dehydrated pineapple stays crisp; a fresh slice sags into the drink.

Taste & nutrition

14%ABV

230kcal

1.52Drinks

StrengthMedium

Sweet to dryBalanced

Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.

Good to know

Use freshly squeezed juice — bottled tastes flat.

History

Year2022

PlaceVaradero, Cuba

Created byDiosmel Mendoza Medrano

A modern tiki cocktail from Cuba, created by bartender Diosmel Mendoza Medrano in Varadero in 2022. Built on Cuban rum with amaretto, passion fruit and tropical juices, it channels the classic tiki spirit through a Caribbean lens. It earned a place among the International Bartenders Association's official recipes. A contemporary drink with vintage roots.

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