Welcome back to Drinks Tube my name is Simone and this is my good friend Alex, today we
are in the middle of Cocktail Request Week and we have a special request from Emil, he
said I want a drink the same colour of my parrot who is called Mango, same colour as
my parrot Alex, super Alex. And another request from Not On The High Street, the guys they
want the cocktail served in a beautiful Tiki mug, I'm going to combine the ideas and we'll
make a delicious drink. So, Alex, what's going to be the name of our cocktail? OK, the name
of the cocktail is the Parrots of the Caribbean. Alex, where are you from? You're not from
Barbados, OK, so where are you from? From Essex, you're joking, like Jamie? OK, so,
are we ready to make the Parrots of the Caribbean? Yes I am, Alex, are you? OK let's go. First step
we need some light rum, 25ml so just half of this shot. We now put in the dark rum,
right Alex, are we doing well? Good. I carry on. Now we need the papaya juice, so
we have 50ml of this nice, orange papaya, nice thick juice. We need some fresh lime,
half of it like this, we squeeze it straight into there, if you don't have a squeezer you
can use your hands, so half a lime squeezed inside the blender. OK, next step is bits
of fresh mango, first you peel it so you remove the skin like this and you get a nice flat
slice like this. OK, now a touch of spiciness from a classic aromatic bitters, one, two
and three directly into the blender. I've got citrus, I've got fruit, and we need to
balance it out with this beautiful home made cinnamon syrup. 25ml of that. Perfect. All
we need now is a few ice cubes and then we're going to blend it to make it thick, almost
like a creamy texture. OK Alex now you're going move, I'll put you here, I'll park you
on the shelf. Please, supervise the bar. Some ice, about 15 ice cubes? Now we're ready to
turn it on! Wooooah! So, the drink is ready and now we're about to pour it. So your request
of a Tiki mug or a cocktail glass, I've got something even more special exclusively for
you, for myself, for all the Drinks Tube subscribers, for Alex who is supervising the bar from here.
So Tiki mug, yes, this is a nice and proper original golden pineapple from the tropical
island from where Alex was born, where your idea came on the request. Thank you so much.
OK we are about to pour now into our magic golden pineapple, our result of a nice, thick,
you see how creamy it looks like? This is the Parrots of the Caribbean, all I need to
do now is to garnish with some tropical edible flowers and we can simply place it in the middle
of the glass because they can keep floating on top of the slushie texture of the cocktail,
you see? Like this, we put this there. Now last touch, we put a nice straw on the side
and simply we close it with the top. This cocktail is for all of you, for all of the
subscribers from Drinks Tube, from Emil, from Not On The High Street, you guys request something
special, this is for you, all for you, you see how cold it gets, my hands are almost
frozen, I wanna fly on the tropical island, maybe Alex, Alex can you please fly me over?
You wanna try? Alex is going crazy, he's tried the cocktail, I need to try it as well... wow,
wow guys in one sip I feel myself at the other side of the world, all the notes of the fruit,
the rum drive me crazy! The Parrots of the Caribbean, guys, if you wanna see all the
requests you've sent that I've made, that Rich has made, that everybody on the Drinks
Tube team made, just look in the box on the left of the screen, keep sending in your requests
I will be here making all of them for you. Are you ready, say bye! Byyyeee! Bye guys,
see you soon, ciao!