Scorpion
Description
Scorpion is a representative tiki cocktail born in Hawaii in the 1940s. Created by Trader Vic, this cocktail features a complex and profound taste combining white rum and brandy with three types of citrus fruits. The almond flavor of orgeat brings everything together, creating a tropical mood with its beautiful golden color. The high alcohol content hidden behind its easy drinkability has a dangerous charm like scorpion venom.
Origin
Country of Origin: United States (Hawaii) （1940s）
In the 1940s, Victor Bergeron (Trader Vic) discovered a delicious cocktail using the local distilled liquor 'Okolehao' at a bar called 'The Hut' in Honolulu. Impressed by its taste, he recreated this recipe at his own establishment 'Trader Vic's' in Oakland, California on the mainland, and through repeated improvements, completed the current Scorpion. When first published in 1947, it had become one of the signature menu items of the establishment.
Birth Date Meaning
A warm-hearted person who believes in people from the bottom of their heart
Contrary to its name Scorpion, this cocktail symbolizes human warmth and trust. The complex taste of multiple spirits and citrus fruits harmonizing represents the complex and deep bonds between people, and the way the initially strong alcohol gradually becomes familiar represents the process of building trust relationships.
Famous Quotes
- "This cocktail intoxicates like scorpion venom" - Trader Vic
- "A cocktail that symbolizes the golden age of tiki culture" - Cocktail historian
Trivia
- A representative tiki cocktail born at 'Trader Vic's' in Hawaii in the 1940s
- Created by Victor 'Trader Vic' Bergeron, inspired by the local liquor 'Okolehao' he drank at a bar in Honolulu and recreated on the mainland
- Beautiful golden color inspired by topaz, the birthstone of Scorpio
- Easy to drink but actually very high alcohol content, said to 'intoxicate like scorpion venom'
- At the time of publication in 1947, it was Trader Vic's second most popular cocktail after the Mai Tai
Recipe
Ingredients:
- White rum - 40 ml
- Brandy - 20 ml
- Orange juice - 20 ml
- Lemon juice - 15 ml
- Lime juice - 10 ml
- Orgeat - 10 ml
Instructions:
- Fill shaker with ice
- Pour 40ml white rum
- Add 20ml brandy
- Pour 20ml orange juice
- Add 15ml lemon juice
- Pour 10ml lime juice
- Add 10ml orgeat, shake well and strain into goblet glass filled with crushed ice, garnish with fruits