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The Sex on the Beach cocktail first appeared in the late 1980s. Most people believe it was invented in 1987 by bartender Ted Pizio at Confetti's Bar in Florida. At the time, there was a contest to sell the most peach schnapps during the busy Spring Break season. Pizio created the drink to win the competition, naming it after "sex" and "the beach" because he believed those were the two main reasons tourists visited Florida.
The original recipe was a simple mix of peach schnapps, vodka, orange juice and a sweet red syrup called grenadine. Over time, many bartenders began using cranberry juice instead of grenadine. While the 1987 story is the most widely known, some records show similar recipes existed as early as 1982, though they did not yet have the famous name.
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