Distinctive island beverages featured on luxury cruises.
Cruise passengers frequently crave tropical beverages, often linking their trips with traditional drinks such as Pina Coladas, mojitos, margaritas, and daiquiris. Although every cruise line serves these popular options, they also endeavor to craft drinks that add a distinctive twist to these familiar flavors.
Beverages like Royal Caribbean’s Coco Loco, which is only available at its Perfect Day at CocoCay private island, and Carnival’s Red Rum Treasure, exclusively served at its RedFrog Rum Bar, offer cruisers a unique tasting experience.
This trend is expanding as both Royal Caribbean and Carnival are concentrating on providing distinctive beverage selections on their latest ships. For example, Royal Caribbean’s new Utopia of the Seas boasts custom gin and tonic options in its pub and a completely new tropical drink menu at the innovative Pesky Parrot bar.
MSC Cruises has created its own range of signature drinks, featuring the rum-based “Purple Rain.” Dennis Post teamed up with Rose from the Philippines (who handled the camera) and AD from Bali to showcase the preparation of the Purple Rain.
Steps to prepare the Purple Rain cocktail
In a tall glass filled with ice, AD begins with half an ounce of grenadine. Then, he pours the sweet and sour mix for three seconds. After that, he measures out half an ounce of rum, vodka, and gin each and adds them to a metal cocktail shaker.
Additional sweet and sour mix is then added to the cocktail shaker along with 0.5 ounces of peach schnapps. The ingredients are swiftly mixed and then strained back into the original glass, where 0.5 ounces of Blue Curacao is added on top.
The beverage is adorned with a cherry and a slice of lime.
Purple Rain Recipe:
- 0.5 ounces of Bacardi Superior White Rum
- 1/2 ounce Finlandia vodka
- 0.5 ounces of Bombay Sapphire gin
- 1/2 ounce peach schnapps
- 1/2 ounce blue curacao
- Sweet & sour mix
- Grenadine
The completed item features tinges of red mingled with the blue from the Blue Curacao, rendering its name a bit mysterious.
