Sunday, August 16, 2009

Classic old school Tiki Drink Coktail Recipes: The Q.B. Cooler

Tiki drink recipes: How to make the Q.B. Cooler cocktail.

This tiki cocktail drink dates back to 1937, making it a true tiki classic. The inventor of this classic tiki cocktail is either Don the Beachcomber or Trader Vic, the debate still rages on. Must tend to think it is Donn Beach. This drink is reported to be Don the Beachcombers "Mia Tai". Now it is famous at the legendary Ti, where it is called the Q.B. Kula.

This is a strong drink, with earthy undertones from the Pernod, and Angostura bitters.

Q.B. Cooler Recipe:

INGREDIENTS
• 2 oz dark Jamaican rum (Appleton or Aged)
• 1 oz light Puerto Rican rum (Cruzan,
Bacardi, etc)
• ½ oz Cointreau (Orange)
• ½ oz Honey Mix
• ½ oz fresh lime juice
• ½ oz fresh orange juice
• ¼ oz Falernum (Fee Brothers or Velvet)
• ¼ oz passion fruit syrup
• 1/8 tsp Pernod (about a dash)
• dash or two of Angostura (Do not over due)
• 1 oz Soda Water • ice
Garnish with a mint sprig and/or fruit.


Mixing procedure:
Shake in cocktail shaker until cold.
Pour into a tiki mug.

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New school Tiki Cocktail: The "Pacifico" a tequila drink recipe.

How to make the new school or neo tiki cocktail drink called"Pacifico."

Invented by Dom Venegas. The name comes from the idea to include items found around the Pacific Rim. This drink takes a bit more time to prepare, but it is worth it. The taste is fruity, exotic with notes of cinnamon and pepper. This drink uses tequila and not rum as the alcohol base which moves it into the new school tiki cocktail arena. Becoming popular at tiki bars.


PACIFICO RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 oz blanco Tequila (7 Leguas, Patron, Jose Cuervo, Cabo Wabo, etc.)
• 1 oz strawberry juice
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz agave nectar (infused with a bit of ginger and red pepper)
• 1/2 oz ruby red grapefruit juice
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, freshly grated is possible
• A dash cayenne pepper
• A dash black pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine the spices and set aside.
2. Place the Tequila, and juices together in a cocktail shaker with ice.
3. Shake and then pour.
4. Sprinkle a small amount of the spice mix on the top of the drink.
5. With a torch, very briefly flame the spices floating to release the scents.
6. Garnish with pineapple.


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New TIki Cocktails: The Dead Reckoning Drink Recipe

How to make the new school tiki cocktail drink "The Dead Reckoning".

This Neo Tiki drink recipe was created by the tiki legend Martin Cate. Cate is starting a new meca of tiki called Smugglers Cove. This drink is complex and well blended and very potent. Very interesting tiki drink in that it mixes rum with wine.

Ingredients for "The Dead Reckoning"
• 2 oz. aged rum (Cate used Flor De Cana 12-year, Cockspur 12-year)
• 1/2 oz. Navan vanilla liqueur
• 1/2 oz. pure maple syrup
• 1/2 oz. tawny port
• 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 dash Angostura bitters (do not overdue)
• 1 oz. club soda


Directions
Combine all ingredients but the soda water in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake and strain into a highball glass over fresh ice. Top with soda water. Stir gently. Garnish with pineapple leaves, mint spring, and a lemon spiral.



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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Tiki spirits: CHERRY HEERING, The Original Cherry Brandy.

Tiki Spirits: A closer look at Cherry Heering, a cherry brandy liquer.
Used in quite a few tiki and tropical cocktails, so a closer look is in order.



OVERVIEW / HISTORY
Of Danish origin, born in Denmark in 1818.
Invented by Peter Heering.
The recipe for Cherry Heering Brandy is a closely guarded family secret,
handed down for generations. It is thought to be the original
cherry brandy. They use a certain variety of cherry known as
the dark stevens cherry, that grows in certain parts of Denmark.

Sometimes it is simply called "Heering".
It is aged for 3-5 years before being bottled.
It has a black cherry flavor, that is not too sweet.
Herbal undertones are also present.
It has a darker red color.
It has a smooth full flavor.

Tiki Recipes that use Cherry Herring:
The Singapore Sling. (Link to recipe)
Blood and Sand. (Link to recipe)



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Thursday, July 30, 2009

TIKI RECIPE VIDEO: How to make the Painkiller Tiki Cocktail Drink Recipe..

Tiki recipe video showing how to make the classic tiki cocktail, the Painkiller like at the Soggy Dollar in the Virgin Islands, where the drink is a crowd favorite.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tiki Cocktail Recipe: The Dirty Monkey recipe, a new school tiki cocktail classic.

Tiki Cocktail Drinks: How to make the Dirty Monkey tropical cocktail drink for your tiki bar.

OVERVIEW:
The Dirty Monkey drink is amazing. A very popular cocktail drink.
Hands down, everyone in the tiki fire clan loves this drink. It tastes like a chocolate shake, and come on, who does not like that?  A great way to cool down in the summer months at the tiki bar. Also a strong banana and coconut taste compliments the chocolate.

Dirty Monkey Cocktail.

Serves 1-2


DIRTY MONKEY RECIPE:
Ingredients
• 2 oz Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
• 2 oz Creme De Banana (Hiram Walker Creme de Banana, Dekuyper, Bols, Leroux Creme De Banana, etc.)
• 2 oz Malibu (coconut rum)
• 1-2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream
• 2 oz Creme (we used coconut cream, like coco lopez)
• 1 oz Chocolate Syrup

Cocktail Mixing Instructions:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
Line inside of the glass with chocolate syrup.
Pour into a clear glass.

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

New School Tiki Cocktails: The Guava Cocktail

How to make ta simple tropical tiki guava cocktail drink recipe.
In the stle of the Bambuddha Lounge's cocktail.
Exotic Cocktailing: Bambuddha-style

This is a simple tropical tiki cocktail, that works great as a morning drink.


Guava Cocktail Drink Recipe:
• 1 oz fresh guava juice.
• Sparkling Wine or champagne to taste.
• Ice Cubes

Serve in a clear glass with a lemon twist.


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New Tiki Exotic Cocktailing: Pimm’s with Ginger Syrup like Bambuddha

New school Tiki Cocktails: How to make the Pimm's with Ginger tiki cocktail.
Like the drink at the Bambuddha Lounge.

Pimm's No. 1 is made in England and originated in 1859. It is a gin based spirit infused with fruit juices and spices. The recipe is top secret and only 6 people in the world know how it is made. Pimm's No. 1 has a taste of citrus and spice, perfect for a tiki cocktail. The color is a dark, golden-brown color..



Pimm’s with Ginger Syrup Recipe
Ingredients
2 oz Pimm's
• 1 oz ginger syrup (See below)
• 3 oz dry ginger ale
• A squeeze of fresh lime

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and serve in a tall glass with cubed ice. 
Garnish with strips of sliced cucumber.

To make ginger syrup: 
Use one cup of fresh grated ginger, 1 cup white sugar, 2 cups water. Bring to boil and then simmer until liquid is reduced a bit. Refrigerate and served once chilled.

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New School Tiki Cocktail: Guavapolitan Recipe by Bambuddha

New School Tiki Cocktail Drink Recipes.
How to make the Guavapolitan Cocktail.
Another tiki style cocktail from the Bambuddha Lounge


Guavapolitan Recipe:
• 1 oz Skyy Vodka
• 1 oz Cointreau
• 1 oz Guava juice
• Squeeze of fresh lime

Mixing instructions: Shake in cocktail shaker and serve up in a chilled glass.

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New School Tiki Cocktail: Bambuddha Ginger-Peach Punch Recipe

A New School Tiki Cocktail Drink Recipe.
Recipe and how to make the exotic drink Bambuddha Ginger-Peach Punch.
A great addition for the tiki bar or the tiki lounge.

From the Bambuddha Lounge.
In case of emergency, break out a glass. Since there will be times when you just can’t make it to Bambuddha for your favorite cocktail, the following recipes will help you  cocktail in the Bambuddha–style to which you’ve become accustomed.

Bambuddha Ginger-Peach Punch
• 2 /1/2 oz Skyy Citrus Vodka
• 2 oz Lemongrass Syrup


How to make Lemongrass Syrup: 
Use four stalks of fresh lemongrass, 2 cups whitesugar, 2 quarts water, 1 cup fresh mint leaves, The juice of half an orange. Bring this to a boil and then simmer until liquid reduces by about one-third. Now refrigerate the mix. Once cold, it's ready to use.


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TIKI COCKTAIL RECIPE: White Buddha Monkey

How to make a new school White Buddha Monkey tiki cocktail drink.



A great morning cocktail. Smooth creamy complex and a taste of cinamon coffee.
Bound to be a classic. A original tiki cocktail drink from the expert mixologists here at Tiki Fire Temple.

White Buddha Monkey Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 oz Trader Vic's Kona Coffee.
• 1 oz Coconut Rum
• 1 oz Amaretto
• 3-5 oz Cream (Half and Half)
• Garnish with Cinammon Sprinkled on top


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Tiki Cocktails: WHITE MONKEY Cocktail Recipe using rum and coconut cream.

How to make the White Monkey Tiki Cocktail drink. A excellent white tiki drink.



White Monkey Recipe:
Ingredients:
1. Bacardi Light Rum - 1.5 oz.
2. Coconut Cream - 1 oz.
3. Bacardi Black Rum - 1.5 oz.
4. Pineapple Juice - 4 oz.
5. Creme de Banana - 1/2 oz.


Procedure Blend the ingredient and float Cream de Banana on top of drink.
Serve in a Hurricane Glass.

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Tiki Drink Video Recipes:The Singapore Sling, New Orleans Best Cocktail:



Tiki cocktail drink Videos: Mixologist Chris McMillian shows the history and creation of the this classic cocktails. The Singapore Sling.





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Tiki Videos New Orleans' best cocktails: The Ramos Gin Fizz

New Orleans take on the classic Ramos Gin Fizz.
A Classic tropical tiki cocktail drink.
How to make the Ramos Gin Fizz video.


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Tiki Bar Drinks: The Eye Opener Cocktail


Tiki cocktail recipes: How to make the eye-Opener Cocktail drink tiki recipe for your tiki lounge.


Eye Opener Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients:

• Yolk of 1 Egg.

• 1 Teaspoonful Powdered Sugar.

• 2 Dashes Absinthe.

• 2 Dashes Orange Curacao.

• 2 Dashes Crème de Noyau. (1/2 tsp Amaretto)

• 1 Liqueur Glass Rum. (1 1/2 oz Inner Circle Green Rum)


Mixing instructions:

Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

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Classic TIki Coktails: Ramos Gin Fizz Drink Recipe

Tiki Drink Recipes: How to make the Ramos Gin Fizz Drink Recipe.
A Trader Vic's Classic tiki cocktail.
Learn to make one for your tiki bar today.

Many think the Ramos Gin Fizz is one of the best tiki morning cocktail drinks. It can be a bit hard to make, but it's worth it. It was invented by Henry C. Ramos in the 1880's. It was at his bar in the the Meyer's Restaurant. This is one of New Orleans; biggest, most famous, cocktail drinks. Ramos is said to have hired 35 bartenders to make this drink during Mardi Gras. 

Ramos Gin Fizz Recipe:
Ingredients

• 2 oz Old Tom Gin (Bombay Dry for Substitute)

• 1 tsp White Sugar

• 1 White of Egg

• 2 Tbs Cream

• 3 Drops of Orange Flower Water (See Note Below)

• 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

• 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

• Soda Water to top

• OPTIONAL is a few drops of Vanilla Extract.

Directions for Ramos Gin Fizz:
Shake in a cocktail shaker for 2-3 minutes with ice.
Pour into a hurricane glass.
Top with Soda and stir to foam.

NOTE: Orange Flower Water.
Do not add to much, it can overpower the drink.
It can be a bit hard to find, but is very important to
make a proper Ramos Gin Fizz. You can find it in
higher end liquor stores and some Middle Eastern
stores. It also can be bought online.

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Classic Tiki Cocktails: Trader Vic’s Aku Aku drink recipe.

Classic Tiki Cocktails: How to make a Trader Vic's Aku Aku Tiki cocktail drink, a popular cocktail at the tiki bars and tiki lounges today.

Trader Vic’s Aku Aku drink recipe.

Not a lot of alcohol as many tiki drinks, but very tasty. The flavor is of pineapple and peach, with a mint overtone, a classic exotic tiki cocktail drink. A refreshing blended frozen cocktail. Similar to Don the Beachcombers  Missionary's Downfall.

Aku Aku means many things, one of which is a spiritual guide.

AKU AKU RECIPE:
Ingredients

• 1 oz White Rum

• 1/2 oz Peach Liqueur

• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup (Sugar Water)

• 2 oz Pineapple Chunks (fresh)

• 10 Mint Leaves (Fresh)

Mixing Directions:
Blend in a cocktail blender for 10 seconds until smooth.
Garnish with Pineapple Chunk and Mint Sprigs.


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Classic Tiki Cocktails: Cobras Fang Recipe, Don the Beachcomber Classic.

Classic Tiki Cocktails: How to make the Cobras Fang Cocktail. A Don the Beachcomber classic cocktail recipe for your tiki lounge.

AKA: The Cobra, The Sidewinder.

A Don the Beachcomber cocktail invention. The Cobras Fang Cocktail is a lesser known tiki cocktail, but a classic all the same. Found this in Don the Beachcombers book: Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks and Cuisine by Don the Beachcomber

The Cobra’s Fang Recipe

ingredients: 
• 151 Demerara Rum
• Falernum
• tropical fruit juices

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Tiki Cocktails: Hair of the Mongoose Recipe. Morning Cocktails

How to make the "Hair of the Mongoose" Tiki cocktail drink for your tiki lounge.
A popular tiki bar drink.

OVERVIEW
Makes a killer morning or afternoon tiki cocktail.
We tried it this morning, and thought it was
a great new tiki drink, destined to be a classic.
This cocktail was invented by Humuhumu, one of
the webs experts on all thing tiki, because
she thought we all needed a morning tiki drink,
and i must say, she was right!

Hair of the Mongoose Recipe.
INGREDIENTS:

1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz lime juice
1/4 oz passion fruit syrup
1/4 oz Licor 43
1/2 oz Clement Creole Shrubb
1-1/2 oz Clement Premiere Canne rum
1 oz half-and-half
1 egg white

Procedure:Shake without any ice to get the egg white emulsified, then shake again with ice.
Pour into a tiki or bamboo mug, and top with:1-1/2 oz ginger beer, Add ice to the mug to fill, if necessary. Grate fresh ginger root over the top.

SOURCE: http://blog.humuhumu.com

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tiki VIDEO: Don the Beachcomber Zombi by Beachbum Berry Part 2 of 2

TIKI VIDEO: Don the Beachcomber Zombie 
Presented by Beachbum Berry.

In this tiki cocktail video, guru Beachbum Berry shows how to make the classic old school zombie just like in the Don the Beachcomber tiki bars.


From Tiki Oasis 7.
Beachbum Berry did a great symposium with drink samples, instruction and tiki drink history. His new book is called "Sippin' Safari"
TAKEN WITH MY DIGITAL CAMERA -sorry bout the quality!

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Tiki-Ti Blood & Sand Cocktail Video.

The Tiki-Ti Tiki Bar Blood and Sand Tiki Drink Cocktail. Many know it as know as the Toro! Torro, because people shout Toro Toro when you order this drink at the tiki bar. It is a orange flavored tropical drink made with lots of tequila. Toro! Toro! Olé!







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Blood and Sand
One of the few Scotch cocktails worth a sniff, the Blood and Sand is a recently rediscovered classic from the heyday of cocktails. Made with Scotch, orange juice, cherry Brandy and sweet Vermouth. Finished with a flamed orange zest.




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Tiki Cocktail Recipe: Love in the South Pacific Recipe

Tiki Drinks: How to make the Love in the South Pacific cocktail tiki drink.

Watch out, you might fall in love with this tiki cocktail. This drink and can be a very lethal tiki cocktail.
This is a very stiff drink loaded with all kinds of different alcohols.
"This is kind of like the tropical version of the long island iced tea."




Love in the South Pacific Recipe:
INGREDIENTS
• 1 oz Light Rum
• 1 oz Southern Comfort
• 1/2 oz Banana Liquor (creme de banana)
• 1/2 oz Triple Sec
• 1/2 oz Slow Gin
• 1/2 oz Vodka
• 4 oz Fresh Orange Juice
• Club Soda
• Garnish with Lime and Cherry.

Mixing directions:
Shake in a cocktail shaker, until it's nice and frosty. 
Then pour over ice.
Fill with club soda to rim.


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Friday, July 17, 2009

Tropical Tiki Cocktail: The Voodoo Priestess recipe


How to make the exotic Voodoo Priestess tropical tiki cocktail recipe.



Will you fall under her spell?

This is a slight variation of the original recipe.

Voodoo Priestess Recipe:

•  1 1/2 ounces dark rum
•  1 1/2 ounces spiced rum (VooDoo Spiced Rum, Captain Morgan)
•  1/2 ounce brandy (your choice)
•  2 ounces orange juice
•  1 ounce fresh lime juice
•  1 ounce lemon juice
•  2 ounces Voodoo Priestess Spice Syrup
•  1 dash orange bitters



Mixing procedure:
Shake in cocktail shaker.
Pour into a glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a exotic flower.

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New School Tiki Cocktail: The Spinnaker Swizzle

New School Tiki Cocktail: The Spinnaker Swizzle.

How to make the Spinnaker Swizzle Recipe.

Here is a new one your your tiki bar, we found this one in Esquire magazine. This tiki drink recipe has aged rum, bitters and Grand Marnier as the main tastes.




Spinnaker Swizzle Recipe:
INGREDIENTS
• 1 1/2 oz Light Aged Rum (Cruzan Single Barrel)
• 1 oz Linie Aquavit
• 1/2 Grand Marnier
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup (1 part Sugar to 1/2 part Water)
• 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/2 tsp Angostura
• Shaved Ice

PROCEDURE
1. Fill the glass or tiki mug with shaved ice.
2. Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker until frost forms.
3. Pour into tiki mug.
4. Add more shaved ice.
5. Garnish with mint sprig.


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Classic Tiki Cocktail: The Painkiller Recipe.

Tiki Drink Recipes: How to make the Painkiller, a classic tropical tiki cocktail recipe.

OVERVIEW:
Want a different tiki drink? Try the Painkiller. The Painkiller comes from the British Virgin Islands, and was created at the Soggy Dollar Bar. Some say it's a sister to the Pina Colada.


As the name implies, this is a potent tiki rum potion, invented to "Kill the Pain".


 


The main ingredient in the painkiller, what gives the drink it's fundamental taste, is Pusser's Navy Rum.

PAIN KILLER RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS

• 3-4 oz Pusser’s Rum

• 4 oz Pineapple Juice

• 1-2 oz Cream of Coconut (coco lopez)

• 1 oz Fresh Orange Juice

• 1/2 tsp Fresh Nutmeg or Cinnamon (as a garnish)

• 9 oz Crushed Ice.

MIXING DIRECTIONS
Blend in a blender for a few seconds, and pour into a tiki mug.
Garnish with sprinkles of fresh nutmeg and Cinnamon.

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ClASSIC TIKI COCKTAILS: The "Test Pilot" Recipe. A old school tiki drink.

ClASSIC TIKI COCKTAILS: The "Test Pilot" recipe.
How to make a classic old school tiki drink.

Created by Don the Beachcomber in 1941, the Test Pilot is a great tiki cocktail. It's flavor is great, but a little different tasting compared to other classic tiki cocktails. Most modern Test Pilot recipes you will find are found in Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log. A great book on classic tiki cocktails.





Courtesy of the Grog Log, the Test Pilot recipe:

Test Pilot Recipe:
Ingredients:

• 3/4 ounce light Puerto Rican rum

• 1 1/2 ounces dark Jamaican rum (Myers's Rum)

• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

• 1/2 ounce Falernum (a sweet syrup, see note)

• 3 teaspoons Cointreaudash Angostura bitters

• 1/8 teaspoon Pernod

Mixing Instructions:Blend with 1 cup crushed ice for 5 seconds, then pour into double old-fashioned glass. Add more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with a wooden oyster fork with maraschino cherry skewered on prongs.

Source: Grog Log by Jeff Berry

Falernum is a sweet bar syrup used in tiki, tropical and Caribbean drinks. It has tastes of almond, ginger and cloves, and lime, and sometimes vanilla or even allspice.

Pernod Ricard a French company that produces alcoholic beverages. Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise liqueurs, and often referred to as simply Pernod.





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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Tiki Spirits: Cointreau, a closer look at a classic cocktail spirit.

TIKI COCKTAIL SPIRITS:
Cointreau, a closer look.

Cointreau is one of the most popular liqueurs and is used in a great number of tiki cocktail drink recipes. It is the finest version of a Curacao. Cointreau is a form of Curacao, which means in essence, it is a Brandy based spirit. The Brandy is infused with herbs and orange rinds for a citrus flavor with herbal undertones. A large number of vintage tiki cocktails call for this spirit in there recipes.

HISTORY

It was first marketed in 1849 by the Cointreau family.  Cointreau was first called Triple Sec White Curacao, until others strated copying the name, so the family changed  it to Cointreau as we know it today.


HOW TO SERVE

1. Many people enjoy it simply on the rocks.

2. With Rum and fruit juices.

3. With Vodka.

4. With Tequila.


MIXES WELL WITH:
Pretty much anything but whiskey. This stuff blends so well with all the  main cocktail spirits and tiki mixes.


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

TIKI VIDEO: Part 2, Trader Vics Bartender Shows how to make a old school Mai Tai.

Again, Bartender Lance Krack at Trader Vic's in the Beverly Hilton shows how to make an authentic Old School Mai Tai. This is part two. 

PART TWO:


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TIKI VIDEO: Trader Vics Bartender Shows how to make a old school Mai Tai.

Lance Krack a Bartender from Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hiltonshows us how to make an authentic real Old School Mai Tai. 
The Mai Tai, is one of the main tiki drinks. Mai Tai means out of this world in Tahitian. It was created in 1944 by Trader Vic.

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Monday, July 13, 2009

A New Tiki Classic: Tahitian Tiki Moon Cocktail Recipe using rum as a base.





A New Tiki Recipe: How to make a Tahitian Tiki Moon cocktail drink.

Exotic fruits, warm moons and vanilla smells and flavors capture the spirit of Tahiti, and so does this drink. A wonderful new school tiki cocktail, with all the spirit of a classic tiki cocktail.
Tahitian Tiki Moon RECIPE 
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 oz Light Rum (Cruzan, Bacardi, etc.)
• 1 oz Coconut Rum (Malibu, Parrot Bay, etc.)
• 1 1/2 oz Vanilla Rum (Cruzan)
• 2 oz Orange Juice
• 1 oz Pineapple Juice
• 2-3 oz Cream (Heavy or Lite)
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Procedure: Stir all ingredient together.
Serve in a large brandy glass.


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