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Miami Vice

Frozen (blended) · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) · Summer

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Ingredients

1 1/3 oz Light white rum
1/3 oz Cachaça (unaged)
2 1/3 oz Pineapple juice
1/2 oz Cream of coconut
1/3 oz Lime juice
1/6 oz Whipping cream
Xanthan gum (E415)
1 1/2 oz Light gold rum 1-3yo
2/3 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
5 Unspecified
Xanthan gum (E415)

How to make

Serve in a poco grande

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a POCO GRANDE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge skewered with mint sprig-topped strawberry and paper parasol.

Method

  1. 3 DRY BLEND (without ice) first 6 ingredients on a slow setting and then gradually add Xanthan while continuing to blend.
  2. 4 Add 7oz scoop of crushed ice and BLEND some more.
  3. 5 Now you’ve made the first half of this cocktail, if you have a second blender, use this to continue. Otherwise, POUR the contents of the blender (the first half of the cocktail) into chilled glass and place in a freezer.
  4. 6 DRY BLEND (without ice) next 4 ingredients (all but Xanthan gum) on a slow setting and then gradually add Xanthan while continuing to blend.
  5. 7 Add 7oz scoop of crushed ice and BLEND some more.
  6. 8 Either, POUR over first half in the glass from freezer, or, if you have two blenders, place a vertical divider (cut from thin plastic) in the glass and simultaneously pour the contents of both blenders, one on each side of the divider. Remove divider to create a split, two cocktails in one glass effect.

Garnish

  1. 9 Garnish with pineapple wedge skewered with mint sprig-topped strawberry and paper parasol.
  2. 10 Serve with a straw.

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History

A frozen Piña Colada and Strawberry Daiquiri are served together in one glass, either layered or side-by-side. This frozen drink suits those who can't decide. This drink is commonly prepared in bars using frozen drink machines, dispensing the two distinct cocktails of a Miami Vice from separate taps.

The Miami Vice cocktail emerged in the early 1980s, coinciding with the rise in popularity of frozen drink machines. The concept is attributed to combining a Strawberry Daiquiri from one machine with a Piña Colada from another. Some suggest this cocktail predates the television crime drama series Miami Vice, which starred "Sonny" and "Rico" as undercover Miami police detectives. The series first aired on NBC on 16 September 1984, leading to the likelihood that the cocktail was named after the show, though the idea of a split cocktail might have existed earlier.