What a night at Forbidden Island! Wednesday was a blast, with Otto's turntables spinning Herb Alpert and all the best Feliz Navidad, and Black Orchid Week 5. I couldn’t stop making drinks even for a few seconds! Quite a few people figured out the first Wild Card Wednesday night.
Wednesday’s cocktail was the Bora Bora Tea Punch. The cocktail is based on a 1960’s Hawai’ian cookbook recipe for a non-alcoholic punch, which was very vague and called for “brewed iced tea” and various “tropical juices.” It gave a list of suggestions and basically just told you to pick a few and toss them into the punchbowl. I took it a step further and picked some of my favorites, then added the potent part – rum, naturally (in this case Goslings Black Seal and Cruzan Aged White) - and decided on African Roobios Tea in lieu of your plain ol’ orange pekoe. I like Roobios tea quite a bit. It has no caffeine but retains that nice light tannin tea quality, and it’s fantastic with some vanilla and almond in it. Apparently one Hukilau villager agrees; I served this punch as part of the first annual Room Crawl at the Hukilau in Ft, Lauderdale, FL in June, and one fellow thanked me for the cocktail, walked out of the room, then came back in two minutes later, got down on his knees, took my hand and declared that it was the very best cocktail he had tasted in his life… and asked for another. Life is good at the Hukilau!
Here is the card for the Bora Bora Tea Punch:
For those of you who didn’t make it in, be sure when you come next Wednesday that you bring all of your cards. Quite a few Black Orchid Club members solved the first puzzle this week, and earned themselves a wild card AND the first Wild Card Cocktail! Join the ranks of the Wild Card Cardholders!
Special thanks to Crease Monkey, once again, for awesome photos! Check him out on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kicksaveandabeauty/sets/72157622709672373/
I’ll see YOU at the Island!
-- Suzanne
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