Ready to up your cocktail game at home? We challenged April Leslie, mixologist at Lineage Restaurant in Wailea, Maui, to create a cocktail featuring our Nitro Cold Brew coffee as a key ingredient. The result? The kind of cocktail that comes along once in a brew moon. “The Funky Cold Mahina was inspired by a Dirty Chai Latte. We combine Hapa Nitro Cold Brew Coffee with our house-made Coconut Almond Chai Syrup, add Drambuie and Averna Amaro Siciliano liqueurs, and Diplomatico rum to bring it all together." Check out the recipe below!
The Funky Cold Mahina Cocktail Recipe
- 1 oz. Almond-Coconut Chai Syrup (Recipe below)
- 1 oz. Diplomatico Rum
- 2 oz. Vitalitea Nitro Cold Brew
- 1/2 oz. Averna Amaro
- 1/4 oz. Drambuie
Build cocktail in a small shaker tin. Fill the tin to 3/4 with crushed ice. Quick-shake and roll into tulip glass. Top with more ice if needed. Garnish with cinnamon, edible flower and orange peel.
Almond-Coconut-Chai Syrup
About 5 cups / Prep time 20 minutes
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 cloves
- 3 allspice berries
- 3 cardamom pods, cracked
- 25 g. ginger, peeled and chopped
- 2 c. sugar
- 2 c. almond milk
- 3/4 c. coconut milk
Toast the cinnamon, cloves, allspice and cardamom in pot over medium heat to release oils. Slowly add almond milk, sugar and ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool, strain and add coconut milk. Keep refrigerated.
