Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient Culinary History Polynesian

Polynesian

90 Years of Classic San Diego Tiki

Navy's Pacific Fleet during WWII

California

After the end of Prohibition

Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient Culinary History PolynesianDeveloped by a German immigrant druggist and his wife in Cardiff by the Sea, California a passionfruit product originally intended for soda fountains and ice cream parlors. After the end of Prohibition, Don the Beachcomber used it in many of his original tropical cocktails. Thirty years and several scandals later, it was rebranded Fassionola. Along its journey, it touched the lives of music publishers, actors, dancers, soft porn directors, suspected