Trade Winds
A mid-century tiki sour with rum, apricot brandy, lemon, and orgeat.
Base spirit
Rum
Style
Tiki
Glassware
Coupe
Technique
Shake
The Trade Winds is a tropical sour associated with mid-century tiki service: rum, apricot brandy, lemon, and orgeat, often frothed with egg white. Apricot and almond soften the citrus while rum keeps the structure. Served up or over ice, it is a craft-tiki bridge drink.
Ingredients
Servings
- • 1 oz white rum
- • 1 oz dark rum
- • 0.5 oz apricot brandy
- • 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- • 0.5 oz orgeat
- • 1 egg white optional
Did you know?
“Trade Winds appears in mid-century tropical bar manuals and later craft-tiki revivals as an apricot-forward rum sour.”
Source:Mid-century tiki manuals; modern tiki revivals
Bartender's Note
Dry-shake if using egg white. Orgeat quality strongly affects the finish.
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How to make the Trade Winds
- 1 if using egg white
- 2Add ice and shake again
- 3 into a chilled coupe
- 4Serve ungarnished
