Classic
Coffee Grog
Tiki in a coffee mug
Don the Beachcomber's mid-century tiki warmer: two rums, butter, honey, and warm spices melted into hot coffee. The allspice-and-cinnamon batter gives the drink its characteristic silk — pure mid-century Polynesian-American confection, served at tiki bars from the 1940s onward. Rediscovered and republished by tiki historian Jeff Berry.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Aged Rum
- 1/2 oz Demerara Rum
- 1 tsp Butter
- 1/2 oz Honey Syrup
- 1/4 oz Vanilla Syrup
- 1/4 oz Allspice Dram
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 5 oz Hot Coffee
Method
In a warm mug, combine butter, honey syrup, vanilla syrup, and allspice dram. Drop in a cinnamon stick. Add aged rum and demerara rum. Fill with hot coffee. Stir until the butter fully dissolves. Express an orange twist over the drink and drop it in.
Sourced from Don the Beachcomber (Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt), 1940s. Rediscovered and published by tiki historian Jeff Berry in Sippin' Safari (2007). Simpler variant attributed to Trader Vic. Canonical tiki-era American invention.