Tag: tiki
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Bawon’s Benediction
The ingredients for this cocktail are inspired by the lore of Baron Samedi, loa of the dead in Haitian Vodou. Read more
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Kapuhona: Turning Sex on the Beach into a Craft Cocktail
Kapuhona: Turning Sex on the Beach into a Craft Cocktail Sex on the Beach is one of those cocktails that everybody knows. Yet, it’s hard to imagine a craft bartender or discerning drinker treating it as a serious culinary cocktail. Lore has it that a Florida bartender invented the drink to try to sell peach… Read more
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Inescapable Fate
Cocktail writers such as Jennifer Fiedler and Camper English have defined a new category of the tiki genra: Goth Tiki. It’s a trend illustrated with themes such as voodoo, zombies, and skulls. But to be honest, the seed was planted from the very beginning with Donn Beach’s original Zombie cocktail. The genre is as much… Read more
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The Marauder
The Marauder is a tiki take on the old-fashioned. The drink is seasoned with Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters, falernum, and orange curaçao. The recipe for decanter bitters comes from Jerry Thomas’ book “The Bar-tenders Guide,” published in 1862. Decanter bitters have all-spice, cinnamon, and clove. All of which are spices that conjure tropical islands. Falernum… Read more