Before Trader Vic, there was Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, aka Don the Beachcomber. A lover of exotic lands, with a pencil mustache and a way of making movie stars feel at home, the legendary Hollywood bar owner single-handedly sparked the tiki craze of the 1930s. His bars, decked out by professional set designers, were copied around the world, as were his drinks—layered celebrations of juice, rum and spices. This spiced, flaming coffee grog was dug up by tiki historian Jeff Berry and first published in his book, Sippin’ Safari. In Don’s characteristic obsessive style, the recipe calls for not one, but two kinds of rum. “The 151-proof Lemon Hart Demerara has a charred wood gunpowder piratey taste,” says Berry. “But he also used the gold Jamaican rum to bring a sweet, floral molasses taste to it.”