Far Away Island

This variation on a Pisco Sour from bartender Mike Di Tota of The Bonnie is equal parts nostalgia and delicious tropical beverage. “One of the first things I ever drank was coconut rum and Pepsi, out of a Nalgene [bottle] at a street fair in San Diego with my friend and his older sister,” Di Tota says. “It tasted like the half Piña Colada, half Pepsi Slurpees I sucked down as a kid.” All the usual suspects are in here—pisco, egg whites, lime juice—but Di Tota also adds Malibu coconut rum, chamomile liqueur and dried flowers to the drink, which give the frothy beverage a funky, floral flavor. “Chamomile tea is very popular in the Caribbean islands,” he adds. “It's a summery, island-ish take on a Pisco Sour, one of my favorite drinks now that Pepsi is no longer my go-to mixer."