From the Beach Hotel, St. Croix, circa 1960s. Like other St. Croix resorts of the early jet travel boom, the Beach Hotel couldn't find locals who were willing to serve rich white people: over a century after slavery was abolished on the island, native resentment still ran hot.

Ingredients

• 2
  oz
  of White Rum
  (use Virgin Islands rum)
• 0.5
  oz
  of Coffee liqueur
• 0.5
  oz
  of Lime juice
• 0.25
  oz
  of Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water
• 12
  piece(s)
  of Cherries (destoned)
  (about a handfull)

Steps

• pit and puree cherries. Pour 3/4 ounce of the puree into a blender. Add lime juice, coffee liquor, rum, sugar syrup and 4 oz of crushed ice. Blend at high speed for 5 seconds. Pour unstrained into a tall glass. Add ice cubes to fill. Garnish with a cherry wrapped in a lime peel and speared to a toothpick.