Bahama Mama
To us, Bahama Mama is a celebration of the Caribbean culture, and the cocktail lives up to that by combining many traditional Caribbean ingredients. It is centered around the holy Tiki trinity of rum, pineapple and coconut, but more ingredients are introduced to the mix to create depth and balance. To stick with the theme, we created a garnish that tries to resemble the traditional headwear of the indigenous people of the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands, the Taino people.
Ingredients
Black Blended Overproof Rum
15 ml
Blended Aged Rum
45 ml
Coconut Liqueur
30 ml
Coffee Liqueur
22.5 ml
Lime Juice
22.5 ml
Pineapple Juice
90 ml
Instructions
Add ingredients to a shaker
Shake for 8-12 seconds
Pour and double-strain
Garnish
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Ingredient #1
Black Blended Overproof Rum
Plantation O.F.T.D
Ingredient #2
Blended Aged Rum
Plantation Barbados 5 years
Ingredient #3
Coconut Liqueur
Malibu
Ingredient #4
Coffee Liqueur
Kahlua
History
There’s not a lot of known history about the Bahama Mama. No one knows exactly when the cocktail was created, but it was already a popular drink in the 1950s. The drink seems to be named after the singer Dottie Lee Anderson, who performed in the Bahamas and around the Caribbean in the 1930s, but there’s no direct evidence of that. Bartender and cocktail-book-author Oswald Greenslade is commonly associated with the cocktail and wrote a recipe for it in his book “One More Cocktail”, but there is no supporting evidence that he in fact created the drink.
Flavor profile
Bahama Mama is a refreshing cocktail that builds around pineapple and coconut, but by introducing coffee liqueur it creates a twist on this otherwise classic Tiki setup, that adds some extra depth and complexity. With a split base of dark rums, there’s plenty of power behind the otherwise fruity flavor of this cocktail. The lime in combination with the pineapple juice create the perfect amount of acidity which balances the cocktail and adds to its overall freshness.