Flaming Volcano

Believed to be invented between the 1950s and the 1960s in Hawaii, Flaming Volcano is a popular Tiki cocktail made with a combination of rum, brandy, orange juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and almond syrup. In order to prepare it, all ingredients except rum are blended with crushed ice, then poured into a volcano bowl – a decorative ceramic bowl resembling a volcano cone, with a specially designed central crater on the inside.

The crater is then filled with rum, which is ignited in order to resemble a volcano. This unique drink is traditionally served to a group of people, with long straws in the bowl, used to keep one’s hair away from the flames.