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Wisdom of Pelé Recipe
Wisdom of Pelé
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 10 mins | Active Time: | Makes: 1 drink

Portland, Oregon-based tiki bartender Blair Reynolds considers this drink one of his classic creations. It plays with many of the original tiki cocktail flavors: cinnamon, honey, grapefruit, lime, and, of course, copious amounts of rum. Sip carefully; this is a serious drink.

What to buy: You can use any high-quality commercial cinnamon syrup, or infuse your own.

Falernum is a clove- and lime-infused liqueur and can be purchased at most liquor stores; a popular brand is John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum. If you can’t find falernum, try making your own. We think "this recipe ":http://www.chow.com/recipes/28427-paul-clarkes-falernum-9 is a great stand-in.

The Wisdom of Pelé recipe was featured as part of our Tiki Cocktails photo gallery.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons orange blossom honey
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons hot water
  • 3/4 cup crushed ice
  • 1 ounce 151-proof Lemon Hart Demerara rum
  • 1 ounce dark Jamaican rum, such as Coruba
  • 1 ounce light Virgin Islands rum, such as Cruzan
  • 1/2 ounce aged Martinique rum, such as St. James Extra Old
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 3/4 ounce falernum
  • 1/4 ounce Cinnamon Syrup
  • 2 dashes aromatic bitters, such as angostura or Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
  • 1/4 ounce Navan vanilla liqueur
INSTRUCTIONS
Pour honey and hot water into a small bowl and stir until smooth. Transfer to a blender and add all remaining ingredients except vanilla liqueur. Quickly pulse until frothy but not slushy, about 4 pulses. Pour into a collins glass and top with vanilla liqueur.
    Write a review | 5 Reviews
  • Wisdom of Pelé Recipe
    4

    I guess pickels73 never heard of Pele the goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes.

  • Wisdom of Pelé Recipe
    4

    Nice to finally have enough ingredients on hand to make recipes when I come across them. This is a keeper! The cinnamon vanilla honey and rums work well with the citrus and my homemade Falernum. Well done.

  • haha... I think a more appropriate name would be "Wisdom of Garrincha", since he was the Brazilian soccer player notorious for being drunk, not Pelé...

  • Just wow, some ingredients seem hard to get though. Otherwise I'm definitely trying this.

  • Wow this drink sounds deadly (and deadly sweet). Love the name.

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