Puka Punch

Name: Puka Punch
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 23 ml Honey Syrup; 23 ml Passion Fruit Syrup; 30 ml White Rum; 1 Maraschino Cherry; 1 sli Pineapple; 1 sli Orange; 240 ml Crushed Ice; 23 ml Orange Juice; 23 ml Pineapple Juice; 30 ml Lime Juice; 23 ml Dark Rum; 8 ml Velvet Falernum; 23 ml Demerara Rum; 30 ml Gold Rum

A blended rum punch built on white, gold, demerara and dark rum, with lime, orange and pineapple juice, sweetened by honey and passion fruit syrup and spiced with Velvet Falernum. Created by Ray Buhen in 1961.

The Puka Punch is credited to Ray Buhen and dates from 1961, the year Buhen opened Tiki-Ti in Los Angeles. Before that, Buhen had spent about three decades in Polynesian-style venues, starting at Don the Beachcomber in 1934 and later working at the Luau, Seven Seas and China Trader.

Method

Blended

Glass

highball

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Fruity

Refreshing

Sour

Sweet

Tropical