Winter Summer

We love our season for their individuality. Some of us get to experience the juxtaposition of opposite seasons simultaneously when we spend January in the Cayman Islands.

The Winter Summer cocktail is inspired by opposites that blends perfectly together. It’s a play on an Old Fashioned but we use a coconut fat washed rum in place of the whiskey and replace the demerara sugar with a chai syrup we make. Learn how to make the chai syrup and coconut fat washed rum for this recipe first.

Ingredients

0.25 oz chai syrup

3 dashes of cinnamon bitters

2 oz of Coconut Fat Washed Rum

Pineapple frond & dehydrated pineapple as garnish

nutmeg and clove as garnish

Technique

1. Put 3 dashes of cinnamon bitters into a rocks or old fashioned glass. Swirl it around to lace the glass

2. Add in chai syrup and rum

3. Gently lay a large ice cube into the glass

4. Stir until proper dilution and temperature of the drink is 35° F

5. Grate some nutmeg on top of the ice and lay a single clove on top of the ice.

6. Garnish with a pineapple frond and dehydrated pineapple slice