Electric Cable Cars

Hello, all! This is my first blog post ever, so bear with me.

Yesterday was my roommate Casey's 25th birthday. He loves rum, so Christian and I decided to whip up a fancy cocktail. Now when I say fancy, I am really just referring to any beverage with 3 or more ingredients, something that involves muddling, shaking or simple syrup. An internet search led to a famous cocktail called a Cable Car. Let me drop a little knowledge on ya about the history of this drink. According to Wikipedia, The Cable Car was invented in 1996 by Tony Abou-Ganim to be the signature drink of San Francisco's Starlight Room. We were sold with the fact that the main ingredient was rum, coupled with the San Francisco origins.


Cable Car

Sugar and cinnamon for rim, if desired
1 ½ ounce Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
¾ ounce orange Curacao
1 ½ ounce fresh lemon sour *
orange spiral for garnish, if desired

*To make a fresh lemon sour: Mix 2 parts fresh squeezed lemon juice with one part simple syrup.

Makes 1 drink.

We ran into a little problem when we got to the liquor store to purchase the ingredients. No orange curacao? Thanks a lot, Utah! Where's the BevMo when you need it!? Not wanting to splurge on the other orange liqueurs, (Cointreau: $23.99, ouch!) we settled for blue curacao (still orange flavored, just bright blue in color).

The blue curacao made the drinks look like they belonged at the beach with a pineapple chunk and umbrella, but they were still very tasty. I thought they had just the right amount of tang and sweetness. It was definitely worth it to make the homemade lemon sour instead of the bottled sweet and sour mix. They were fresh, flavorful and fun. I have renamed our version with the blue curacao "Electric Cable Cars".

Cheers!
-Caitlin