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It is the most famous drink to ever come out of Detroit. It is known worldwide as the hummer.

"This was created by a bartender at the Bayview Yacht Club named Jerome Adams in 1968," explained Tammy Coxen of Tammy's Tastings.

Adams had recently gotten a job as a bartender at the Detroit yacht club. He wanted to come up with a drink that would impress his colleagues and impress his customers, Coxen said.

On a cold winter day he had three customers at the bar. He mixed up a drink with rum, coffee liqueur, and ice cream. They tried it and they loved it.

They ordered a second round and asked Adams him what it was called. He told them it didn't have a name yet.

One of the three customers is reported to have said, "Well, you know, after you have a couple, it kind of makes you want to hum." That's where the drink got its name.

Cheers co-host, Lester Graham, actually had a hummer at the Bayview Yacht Club. He was there for a conference. Fellow public radio colleague Sandra Svoboda of WDET was a member of the yacht club and bought the drink for him to sample.

That hummer had a thicker consistency¹ than the hummer Tammy Coxen mixed up.

"They probably just used bigger scoops² of ice cream there. That's the problem with a recipe where one of the ingredients is two scoops of ice cream. How big is a scoop," Coxen asked.

The Bayview Yacht Club members were well-traveled, attending yacht races all over the country. They would request a hummer from the bar wherever they were visiting. No one knew how to make it. So, during the 1960s and 70s there were a lot of long-distance phone calls place to the Bayview Yacht Club bar to get the recipe. It spread all over the globe.

The Cheers team of Coxen and Graham generally prefer craft cocktails³. Both were surprised about how good an ice cream drink could be. It's delicious.

In April of this year, Jerome Adams died. He worked at the Bayview Yacht Club for more than 50 years.

The original liquors were probably Bacardi white rum and Kahlua. Coxen's version uses only Michigan products.

The Pure Michigan Hummer.

CREDIT LESTER GRAHAM / MICHIGAN RADIO

1 1/2 oz rum (New Holland Barrel Rum)

1 1/2 oz coffee liqueur (Spauldings Coffee Liqueur)

2 big scoops ice cream (Guernsey)

2 ice cubes

Combine in a blender and blend until slushy. Pour into an old fashioned glass and add a straw.

1 consistency   

n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度

参考例句：

• Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
• We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。

2 scoops   

n.小铲( scoop的名词复数 )；小勺；一勺[铲]之量；（抢先刊载、播出的）独家新闻v.抢先报道( scoop的第三人称单数 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
• I used three scoops of flour and one(scoop)of sugar. 我用了三杓面粉和一杓糖。 来自辞典例句

3 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句