Allright you guys, I've been waiting for this one for a long time. Having been forewarned by the bartenders many weeks in advance, the Krakatoa is one of two special Coffee-based tiki drinks on the Log. I'm actually still in search of the recipe on this one, and will be sure to retroactively post once I track it down. Essentially, this is all the ingredients of a krakatoa punch, but with a coffee substitute. Lime, Syrup, juice, rum, all the usual players are there, but high quality iced coffee (no cream) makes for the final touch. At Tonga Hut, they encourage you to go to the Starbucks that is 3 doors down and acquire a nice iced coffee there to serve as the basis for this drink, and it is well worth it.
- 1 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1 oz grapefruit juice
- 1 oz apricot nectar
- 1/2 oz falernum
- tsp coffee liqueur
- 1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum
- 1 1/2 oz Demerara rum
- Dash of Angostura bitters
- 2 oz coffee
- 1 cup crushed ice
Blend everything except the coffee, up to 10 seconds. Pour unstrained into sniffer, float coffee. The taste is like nothing I've experienced, it's a bit like eating a chocolate pretzel I suppose. The strength of the sweet cocktail flavors, the variety of colorful tropical taste is strong enough to permeate through the layer of coffee that coats this one, but not enough to dominate the unmistakable coffee aroma and flavor that sits atop it. Would love to try this one again.
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