Tropical Cocktails

44 recipes, including Coconut Caipirinha, Caipi Jambu, Pinha Molhada.

44 Tropical cocktails, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Coconut Caipirinha — Quick and easy with a pre-sweetened coconut cachaça liqueur.
  • Caipi Jambu — A passion fruit caipirinha with jambu liqueur and crushed ice.
  • Pinha Molhada — A tropical highball of silver cachaça, coconut cachaça, and fresh pineapple juice.
  • Maracugerald — A tropical take on the Fitzgerald, with passion fruit pulp and rich syrup to hold up the acidity.
  • Pineapple Devil's Margarita — A pineapple margarita with a floating layer of dry red wine, Devil's Margarita style.
  • Caipirinha Jorge Amado — A Paraty caipirinha with passion fruit pulp, lime, and clove-and-cinnamon Gabriela cachaça, served unstrained.
  • Cachaça Margarita — A margarita with cachaça instead of tequila, a salt rim, and a double strain into a chilled glass.
  • Tequila Sunrise — A shaken classic of tequila and orange juice, with grenadine poured over a spoon for the sunrise gradient.
  • Caipi Summer — A summer caipirinha with muddled strawberries and blueberry syrup, shaken in the shaker.
  • Pisco Punch — A San Francisco classic: pisco shaken with pineapple syrup, pineapple juice, and lemon.
  • Maré Baixa — A gin highball lengthened with cajuína and lime, with mint muddled in the glass.
  • Pé de Serra — A cachaça highball with passion fruit pulp and lime, lengthened with guaraná soda.
  • Porn Star Martini — Homemade take with caramel vodka, passion fruit pulp, and egg white, served with a shot of sparkling wine on the side.
  • Piña Colada — Puerto Rican blender classic: white rum, cream of coconut, and ripe pineapple.
  • Mai Tai — Tiki classic of two rums, curaçao, orgeat, and lime, served over ice.
  • Cashew Fruit Caipirinha — Cashew fruit muddled with syrup and lime: the acidity the fruit lacks, to bring out the juice and the cachaça.
  • Caju Blue — Easygoing highball of cashew fruit juice, honey cachaça, and blue curaçao, lengthened with soda water.
  • Caju Amigo — Brazilian shaken classic of cachaça, cashew fruit in syrup, and lime, served unstrained in a highball.
  • Jungle Bird — Tiki drink of dark rum, Campari, and pineapple: sweet, sour, and bitter in a rocks glass.
  • Sex on the Beach — Classic highball of vodka, peach liqueur, orange juice, and cranberry.
  • Banana Daiquiri — Daiquiri of Bacardi gold rum and banana liqueur, shaken and served in a chilled coupe.
  • Nanica de Ouro — Sour of Bacardi gold rum and Quero Chuva Banana, no syrup, served in a chilled coupe.
  • Port Light — Bourbon tiki drink with lemon, honey syrup, passion fruit, and egg white, over crushed ice.
  • Hakuna Matata — Tropical drink of coconut rum, spiced rum, banana liqueur, and pineapple, with grenadine at the bottom for a sunrise.
  • Golden Pine Whiskey — Honey whiskey and pineapple juice highball, built in the glass over ice.
  • Rum Punch — Gold rum punch with orange, pineapple, lime, and grenadine, shaken and served over ice.
  • Pororoca — Cachaça sour with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, no extra syrup, in a rocks glass.
  • Sailor's Sunrise — Spiced-rum sunrise with orange and lime, grenadine layered in a rocks glass.
  • Tropical Shadow — Layers of grenadine, pineapple, and white rum with Sprite, built over crushed ice.
  • Guaraná & Açaí Caipirinha — Cachaça and açaí-guaraná liqueur, with blackberry syrup in place of sugar.
  • Cowboy Latino — Whiskey sour with passion fruit pulp and lime, finished with aromatic bitters in a gradient in a rocks glass.
  • Crimson Cactus — Espadín mezcal with Aperol, pineapple, and lime, shaken and served over ice.
  • French Martini — '90s martini: vodka, raspberry liqueur, and pineapple juice, shaken until it foams in the glass.
  • Hurricane — New Orleans classic: two rums, passion fruit syrup, and lemon, in a tall glass.
  • Coconut Honey Margarita — Blanco tequila margarita with Grand Marnier, lime, toasted coconut syrup, and honey syrup.
  • Dry Daiquiri — Short daiquiri of white rum with Campari, lime, and a dash of passion fruit syrup.
  • Matador — Trader Vic tropical sour: blanco tequila, pineapple juice, and lime, shaken and served up.
  • Mary Pickford — Cuban Prohibition classic: white rum, pineapple, grenadine, and maraschino liqueur, shaken and served up.
  • Fireball Passion Fruit — Cinnamon liqueur shot with passion fruit mixer, finished with lemon foam.
  • Wray's Nephew — Tropical daiquiri of Jamaican overproof rum, gold rum, pineapple, and a touch of Fernet.
  • Snap Out of It — Blanco tequila margarita with pineapple and ginger syrup, shaken and served on the rocks.
  • One Two Punch — Blanco tequila sour with muddled strawberry, lime, and a touch of Aperol.
  • Caribbean Ember — Highball of dark rum and rye with pineapple, maple, and ginger beer, shaken and lengthened over ice.
  • Igarapé — Cachaça highball with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, lime, and guaraná soda.

More in this list

  • Non-alcoholic
  • Sour
  • Citrus
  • Bitter
  • Sweet
  • Strong
  • Refreshing
  • Fruity