Tiki
Saturn
Made with passion fruit syrup · J. "Popo" Galsini, California, 1967
- collins
- crushed
- blend
Saturn
- 1¼ oz37 ml London dry gin
- ½ oz15 ml fresh lemon juice
- ½ oz15 ml passion fruit syrup
- ¼ oz7 ml falernum
- ¼ oz7 ml orgeat
- Add everything to a blender with about 8 oz (1 cup) of crushed ice.
- Blend until smooth, or flash-blend a few seconds for a pebbly texture.
- Pour unstrained into a tall glass.
- Garnish with a citrus-peel ring wrapped around a cherry.
Garnish: Lemon or lime peel ring around a cocktail cherry on a pick (Saturn's rings)
The syrup
In this recipe
Passion Fruit Syrup½ oz15 ml
Passion fruit syrup is strained passion fruit pulp mixed into rich simple syrup without cooking the fruit.
Use ours 1:1. It is pulp-forward and fairly rich, so add a barspoon more lemon if the drink tastes sweet.
As printed: passion fruit syrup
Or use
Orgeat (Almond Syrup)¼ oz7 ml
Orgeat is a creamy almond syrup flavored with orange blossom water, best known from the Mai Tai.
As printed: orgeat
Or use
Falernum Syrup (Non-Alcoholic)¼ oz7 ml
Falernum is a Caribbean lime, ginger, clove and almond syrup used in tiki drinks.
Spec means the liqueur (John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum). Swap our non-alcoholic falernum syrup 1:1 by volume; it is a little sweeter and has no alcohol, so trim by about 1/8 oz if the drink runs sweet.
As printed: falernum (modern versions use Velvet Falernum)
Where it comes from
California tiki bartender Joseph "Popo" Galsini created this gin tiki drink as the X-15, renamed it the Saturn and won the 1967 California bartenders' guild competition with it before competing at that year's IBA world championship. Jeff Berry revived it in Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table (2005).
Source: Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table by Jeff Berry (2005).
Checked against: Kindred Cocktails - Saturn (Taboo Table) · The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai - Saturn · Moody Mixologist - The Saturn (history of Popo Galsini) · Punch - The Saturn (Slowly Shirley variation)
Gear for this drink
Ninja Professional 72 oz Countertop Blender (BL610)
OXO SteeL Angled Measuring Jigger
Best for Measuring syrup into drinks
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