Blue Hawaii: A Refreshing Summer Cocktail Bursting With Tropical Flavours

Among a gazillion other cocktails that exist across the whole world, let’s help you discover another famous cocktail that is sure to let you feel the tropical vibes right from your couch. Blue Hawaii is a tropical cocktail blended with vodka, light rum, blue curacao, sweet and sour mix with a slight splash of fresh pineapple juice. Blue Hawaii was invented by a legendary bartender in 1957, evidently in Hawaii, when he was asked to design an excellent yet distinctive cocktail that featured the dazzling colour of Curacao liqueur. The most exciting fact about this cocktail is that it shares its name with an Elvis Presley starrer movie, also derived its name from the film's title song. The signature style of making this drink involves typically serving it on the rocks, which is ultimately garnished with a cocktail umbrella and a pineapple wedge, one on each side. This is the best summer cocktail that will suit every mood and calm you up with its refreshing taste. So before it's too late, try making this drink at home by following the steps mentioned underneath.

Ingredients-

  • 20ml vodka
  • 20ml rum 
  • 15ml blue curacao
  • 10ml pineapple juice
  • 25ml sour mix

Steps in the making-

  • In a cocktail shaker, combine the ingredients filled with ice cubes. Slowly pour them one after another.
  • Shake and let the ingredients mix well. 
  • Single train into a hurricane glass filled with ice cubes.
  • Tada! Blue Hawaii is ready to serve and relish.
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge on one side and a funky umbrella on the other.

Always note: It is recommended to make a fresh sour mix that requires you to add an equal amount of lemon juice and sugar syrup while making. This is done so that the drink isn't too sour and bitter.

Keep it sassy with Blue Hawaii. Cheers!