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Is the Secret to the Hurricane’s Signature Red Color a Mysterious Syrup?

Carnival Season

Searching for the history and origins of this puzzling tiki cocktail ingredient.

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Down here in New Orleans, Carnival season has already begun. So, naturally, our attention turns to drink. And for many who have spent time in New Orleans during the season, that drink is the Hurricane—the famous fire-extinguisher red drink in the Kardashian-shaped glass.

The Hurricane is widely noted as a rum...

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