Summer Seen recipe
White rum, blue curaçao, mango juice, lime juice, pineapple juice and more, built over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a slice of lemon.
By Kris Barton · Updated - 2 mins total
- 7 ingredients
- Highball glass
What Ingredients do you need to make a Summer Seen?
White Rum
All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.
Rum is usually aged, and the container it’s aged in has a big say in its colour.
In bourbon or other wooden casks, the rum turns a dark brown colour, but in stainless steel tanks it stays colourless. Rum that’s been aged in wood can also be filtered to take the colour out.
White Rum is clear because it’s aged in stainless steel, or filtered after ageing.
Pretty cool, huh?
Blue Curaçao
Blue Curaçao is a liqueur flavoured with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit, which is then artificially coloured blue for effect.
It’s a great ingredient to use in cocktails because it pretty much has everything you could ever want as a cocktail mixer:
- It has an enticing colour.
- It has a bitter orange taste that blends well with most flavours.
- It has a great amount of alcohol in it.
(You can read more about Blue Curacao here, in our dedicated article)
For Blue Curacao, we recommend:
Pineapple Juice
Pineapple Juice is a great mixer for cocktails because it’s tasty and packs a big punch in the flavour department.
In cocktails, Pineapple Juice is often used in more exotic, summer cocktails to help set those pool-side vibes.
And it works great!
For Pineapple Juice, we recommend:
What Equipment do you need to make a Summer Seen?
Highball Glass
Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
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Recipe card
Summer Seen
- Prep
- 1 min
- Making
- 1 min
- Total
- 2 mins
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Highball glass
Ingredients
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- Add ice, white rum, blue curaçao, mango juice, lime juice, pineapple juice, and lemon juice to a highball glass.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon.
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Summer Seen FAQs
What Ingredients do you need to make a Summer Seen?
To make a Summer Seen, you need 50ml / 1.7oz white rum, 25ml / 0.8oz blue curaçao, 50ml / 1.7oz mango juice, 50ml / 1.7oz lime juice, 50ml / 1.7oz pineapple juice and 25ml / 0.8oz lemon juice, plus a slice of lemon to garnish. There’s more about white rum, blue curaçao and pineapple juice above.
What Equipment do you need to make a Summer Seen?
You’ll need a highball glass.
What alcohol is in a Summer Seen?
A Summer Seen contains 50ml / 1.7oz white rum and 25ml / 0.8oz blue curaçao.
Is a Summer Seen shaken or stirred?
Neither. A Summer Seen is built straight in a highball glass: pour the ingredients over ice and serve. No shaker needed.
What glass is a Summer Seen served in?
Serve a Summer Seen in a highball glass.
How do you garnish a Summer Seen?
Garnish a Summer Seen with a slice of lemon.
How do I make a Summer Seen for a group?
The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 200ml white rum, 100ml blue curaçao, 200ml mango juice, 200ml lime juice, 200ml pineapple juice and 100ml lemon juice. Build each drink in its own glass.
