Coconut Cardamom Spice Delight

This delightful Coconut Cardamom Spice Delight is a tropical cocktail with a perfect blend of cardamom, cinnamon-spiced coconut-rum, served in a coconut shell. It's a refreshing and exotic drink that captures the essence of the tropics in each sip.

Coconut Cardamom Spice Delight

A tropical coconut-rum cocktail with a delightful blend of cardamom and cinnamon spices, served in a coconut shell for an exotic touch.

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup whole green cardamom pods, cracked
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 oz. coconut water
  • 1 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1 oz. frozen coconut pureé
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
  • 3 oz. spiced rum, such as Captain Morgan's

Instructions

  1. Heat the cracked cardamom pods in a saucepan until fragrant.
  2. Add sugar and water to the saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
  3. Allow the syrup to cool, then strain and refrigerate for up to 3 months.
  4. In a blender, combine 1 oz. of the cardamom syrup, coconut water, lime juice, coconut pureé, cinnamon, and nutmeg until smooth.
  5. Transfer the mixture to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  6. Add spiced rum to the shaker and shake well.
  7. Strain the mixture into a collins glass filled with fresh ice or a coconut, if available.