Papaya the Sailorman Cocktail

A cocktail chock-full of vitamins.

I couldn’t resist the title for this one. The two main ingredients are so good for you! Papaya is high in vitamin C and is great for digestion and your immune system. And spinach…well we all know what spinach is good for—it’s a nutritional powerhouse—just look at the guns on Popeye!

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Papaya, Spinach, Coconut Rum Cocktail Recipe

With ingredients like papaya, coconut water and spinach, this is a rum-based cocktail with (health) benefits that is perfect for summer.

Course Drinks

Keyword alcohol, cocktail, coconut, healthy, papaya, rum, spinach, summer

Servings 2 cocktails

Calories 154kcal

Author Nicole Herft

Ingredients

• 2½ oz. Havana 8-year-old rum
• 1 large handful of spinach leaves
• 7 ounces frozen papaya
• 6 tablespoons coconut water
• 1 tablespoon coconut palm sugar
• ½ cup ice cubes
• Wedges of papaya and orange edible flowers to garnish

Instructions

• Place the rum, spinach, frozen papaya, coconut water, coconut palm sugar, and ice cubes into a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.
• Add a few ice cubes to each glass and pour over the drink.
• Garnish with a wedge of papaya and some edible flowers.

Notes

Used with permission Cocktails with Benefits: 40 Naughty but Nourishing Drinks, by Nicole Herft, Kyle Books, 2017. Photography by Nassima Rothacker.