Sweet meringue

This delicious cocktail uses falernum - a sweet syrup flavoured with ginger, cloves, lime and vanilla.

Ingredients
2 tsp fresh lime
2 tsp falernum
25ml/1fl oz coconut water
75ml/3fl oz dark rum
1 tbsp apricot liqueur

To garnish
slice fresh mango
fresh mint sprig
2 tsp fresh lime
2 tsp falernum
25ml/1fl oz coconut water
75ml/3fl oz dark rum
1 tbsp apricot liqueur

Place all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake hard.
Strain the cocktail into a tumbler filled with ice and garnish with a slice of mango and a mint sprig.

The Bahia

Similar to a piña colada, this classic 1950s cocktail was invented by the famed US bar proprietor Don the Beachcomber.

Ingredients
handful pineapple chunks
2 tsp fresh lime juice
1 tbsp coconut syrup
50ml/2fl oz gold rum
dash angostura bitters
25ml/1fl oz fresh pineapple juice
 
Preparation method
Blend all of the ingredients, with a handful of ice, in a blender. Pour the cocktail into a tall glass.

Banana Colada

Ingredients
20ml fresh pineapple juice
50ml gold rum
15ml banana liqueur
15ml coconut syrup
½ ripe banana
4 chunks fresh pineapple
slice banana, to garnish

Preparation method
Blend the ingredients with a handful of ice in a blender until smooth.
Pour the cocktail into a large wine glass and garnish with the banana slice.