Blood Rites var en av de första recepten jag laborerade fram. Den lånar en hel del inspiration från en klassisk Daiquiri men den här drypande mörkröda drinken har betydligt mer tyngd och en tydlig, fruktig smak av lime och blodapelsin.

Använd gärna blodappelsiner och lime som är riktigt solmogna för att få ut den där lena smaken. För att få ut det mesta ur din ritual ska rommen vara riktigt mörk och jamaikansk. Myers’s Original Dark eller Captain Morgan Black Label passar utmärkt. I nödfall kan en tung Kubanks rom fungera.

”Our next recipe comes to us from that exotic tropical paradise, Sweden. Well, that’s what Sweden would be if Stockholm resident Flamingo Fred, a.k.a Fredrik Berggren, had his way. “Good and true Tiki is something rarely seen in these parts of the world,” laments Fred, “and as the drinking culture in Sweden consists of beer and over-sweet grogs, I’m doing my best to spread the gospel of tropical drinks.” Here’s to you, Fred, and your creation: 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce spiced rum, 1 ounce unsweetened pineapple juice, 1 ounce fresh lime juice, and 3 teaspoons each grenadine and sugar syrup, shaken with ice and poured into a tall glass. Top it all off with a dash of soda water. Alternatively, Fred suggests straining the drink into a double old-fashioned glass containing one large chunk of ice, so that the ice becomes “a lonely, mystery island in a dangerous, exotic red sea. The name of the drink should be something like Mystery Island,” adds Fred, somewhat sheepishly: “Very cheesy. You get kind of poetic after a few rounds, don’t you think?” Absolutely. Three Mystery Islands and we’re practically Erik Axel Karlfeldt!”

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