Blue Couch Surfer

This is a decadent beverage that walks the line between cruise ship boat drink and complex craft cocktail. We knew that as a base we wanted to play into some of the pina colada/blue hawaii flavors but to take this down the rabbit hole and make it feel more “refreshing” we added in some light anise flavors in the form of Chartreuse and Scrappy’s Orleans bitters. The resulting drink is magnifique, decadent but the herbal flavors create a menthol/eucaplyptus like refreshingness. Like a cool breeze on a hot day, this drink certainly makes the couchsurfing a lot less boring.

Ingredients

• 2oz White Jamaican rum - we used Wray and Nephew - @wrayrum

• 1oz fresh squeezed lime juice

• 0.75oz cream of coconut - we used Coco Real from Real Cocktail Ingredients - @real_cocktail_ingredients

• 0.75oz pineapple juice - we used Dole unsweetened

• 0.5oz Blue Curacao - we used Giffard - @giffardusa

• 0.25oz orgeat syrup - we used Small Hand Foods - @smallhandfoods

• 0.5oz Green Chartreuse - @chartreuseliq

• 4-5 dashes Peychaud’s bitters or Scrappy’s Orleans Bitters - @scrappysbitters

Tools

• Shaker

Instructions

• Shake all ingredients with crushed ice

• Pour into brandy glass

• Top with more crushed ice

• Garnish with orange peel “rose” + child’s breath flowers