The Eden Complex is one of the most unique areas on any cruise ship. It can be found on Celebrity’s Edge-class ships and it’s a multipurpose venue.
During the day it offers an included cafe that serves breakfast and lunch. At night., the venue opens an added-fee restaurant and has a performance space that hosts everything from special shows to solo musicians and acoustic duos.
It also has a bar that serves some of the most inventive and visually impressive drinks that can be found at sea. Kenedy from Kenya met with Come Cruise With Me’s travel agent partner Dennis Post of PostCard Travel Planning to learn how to make the Shaman, one of the venue’s signature drinks.
How to make the Shaman
Kenedy started by pouring 2 ounces of Zacapa 23 Rum into a metal mixing glass. He follows that by adding half an ounce of dry vermouth into the same glass followed by 1 ounce of Lustua Sherry.
After that, he adds 1.5 ounces of lime juice and half an ounce of simple syrup. Kenedy then fills the mixing glass with two scoops of ice and tops it with a three-second pour of apricot puree from a squeeze bottle.
He then tops his glass with another metal mixing container and gives it a heavy shake. Kenedy follows that by adding one large ice club to a medium-height glass. He uses a mixing spoon to twirl the ice in the glass in order to chill the glass to prevent the liquid from quickly melting the ice cube.
After pouring out the water from the slightly melted ice cube, Kenedy uses a strainer to pour the drink into the glass to remove any solids from the apricot puree. The drink is garnished with some greenery and a cinnamon stick he toasts with a torch.
Shaman recipe:
2 ounces of Zacapa 23 Rum1 ounce of Lustau Sherry1/2 ounce Dry Vermouth
1.5 ounces of lime juice1/2 ounce of simple syrupApricot puree
