Hot Buttered Yum + RECIPE
STORY & PHOTO BY BECKY SPEERE
When my Las Vegas sister-in-law, Isabel, comes to Maui to visit, she gets into the island spirit with a rum and Coke. Nothing fancy, but it hits the spot on a hot summer’s day, when the bubbles and ice are especially welcoming. I finally gave in and tried one for the first time on her last visit. It was delightful!
I created this rum holiday cocktail with her in mind: Liliko‘i-Coconut Hot Buttered Rum. Distilled on Maui, Hawaii Sea Spirits’ KULA Rum is made with fresh-squeezed, organic sugarcane juices (the crop is grown on the farm surrounding the distillery in Ōma‘opio) and blended with fresh mineral waters sourced 3,000 feet deep off the coast of the Big Island of Hawai‘i.