Delving Back Into Tiki With The Puka Punch!

This cocktail was requested by one of our longtime Patrons and Cole’s bar regular Kellen Doop! And I loved this suggestion because it is one of the signature cocktails of one of the most iconic cocktail bars in Los Angeles still in operation Tiki Ti. Established in 1961 It also carries the distinction of being second oldest (Tonga Hut in the Valley was established in 1958) and is still run by the son and grandson of it’s founder. Tiki Ti was established by star bartender Ray Buhen who worked not only in the original Don The Beachcomber but also in other popular tiki joints such as The Seven Seas, The Luau in Beverly Hills and The Palms in Anaheim. As happens to a lot of bartenders Ray felt he couldn’t get the credit due him from his employers and he was one of the most in demand bartenders of his generation, so he thought he could do better on his own, and how right he was! With the help of his father-in-law, Ray turned a tiny violin shop on Sunset Boulevard into his very own bar: Tiki Ti. As time went on most of the famous places ray worked disappeared but the Tiki Ti remained, and it remains to this day. If you guys find yourselves in LA I implore you to stop into this historic joint for a drink. You won’t be disappointed!

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Puka Punch

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Servings 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

 

• 1 oz Light Rum
• 1 oz Cruzan Gold
• .75 oz Dark Rum Coruba
• .25 oz Velvet Falernum
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• .75 oz Honey Syrup
• .75 oz Orange Juice
• .75 oz Pineapple Juice
• .75 oz Passion Fruit Juice
• 1 Dash Angostura bitters (double with Japanese Bitters Dasher)
• .75 oz Lemon Hart 151 Float

Garnish

• Cherry
• Pineapple Wedge
• Orange Slice

Instructions

 

• Add ingredients to mixing cup
• add crushed ice and mix with the Hamilton Beach Drink Mixer or similar
• Fill glass with Crushed or Pebble Ice
• Float Lemon Hart 151 on top
• Garnish with Maraschino Cherry, Pineapple and Orange Wedge

Keyword Dark Rum, honey, passionfruit, punch, tiki bitters, velvet falernum