🌺 Tiki Cocktails

Exotic fruit, rum, spice and spectacle — the escapist art form born in 1930s California. ← All 57 Classics

mai tai🌺 Tiki
Medium~20% ABVShake

Mai Tai

by Trader Vic · Oakland, 1944
Ingredients
  • 45ml Aged Jamaican Rum
  • 15ml Dark Rum (float)
  • 15ml Orange Curaçao
  • 15ml Orgeat syrup
  • 30ml Fresh lime juice · Mint sprig
Method

Shake aged rum, Curaçao, orgeat, and lime with crushed ice. Pour unstrained into a double rocks glass. Float dark rum over a spoon. Garnish with mint, spent lime shell, and an umbrella.

jungle bird🌺 Tiki
Easy~18% ABVShake

Jungle Bird

by Jeffrey Ong · Kuala Lumpur, 1978
Ingredients
  • 45ml Blackstrap Rum
  • 22.5ml Campari
  • 45ml Fresh pineapple juice
  • 15ml Fresh lime juice · 15ml Simple syrup
Method

Shake all with ice 12 seconds. Strain over crushed ice in a double rocks glass or tiki mug. Garnish with pineapple wedge. The Campari makes this the most food-friendly tiki drink ever created.

painkiller🌺 Tiki
Easy~16% ABVShake

Painkiller

by Soggy Dollar Bar · British Virgin Islands, 1970s
Ingredients
  • 60ml Dark Rum (Pusser's preferred)
  • 120ml Pineapple juice · 30ml Orange juice
  • 30ml Cream of Coconut · Freshly grated nutmeg
Method

Shake vigorously with ice. Pour over crushed ice in a highball. Grate fresh nutmeg generously over the top. The Soggy Dollar Bar is only accessible by boat — patrons swim ashore with wet cash.

pina colada🌺 Tiki
Easy~14% ABVBlend

Piña Colada

by Ramón Marrero · San Juan, 1954
Ingredients
  • 60ml White Rum · 90ml Pineapple juice
  • 45ml Cream of Coconut · 1 cup crushed ice
  • Pineapple wedge & cherry
Method

Blend all with crushed ice until smooth. Pour into a chilled hurricane glass. For a swirled split, blend half with strawberry purée and pour both sides simultaneously.

singapore sling🌺 Tiki — Singapore
Complex~15% ABVShake

Singapore Sling

by Ngiam Tong Boon · Raffles Hotel, Singapore, 1915
Ingredients
  • 30ml Gin · 15ml Cherry Heering · 7.5ml Cointreau
  • 7.5ml Bénédictine · 60ml Pineapple juice
  • 15ml Lime juice · 10ml Grenadine · Dash Angostura
Method

Shake all with ice. Strain into a hurricane glass over ice. Garnish with pineapple and cherry. Designed so women could drink publicly without appearing to imbibe alcohol — it looks like fruit juice.

zombie🌺 Tiki Deadly
Complex~22% ABVShake

Zombie

by Donn Beach · Don the Beachcomber, LA, 1934
Ingredients
  • 45ml Aged Jamaican Rum · 45ml Puerto Rican Rum
  • 30ml 151-proof Demerara Rum (float)
  • 15ml Lime · 15ml Grapefruit · 15ml Passion fruit syrup
  • 5ml Grenadine · Absinthe rinse
Method

Absinthe rinse the glass. Shake all except 151 with crushed ice. Pour in. Float the 151. Donn Beach limited customers to 2 per visit. He kept the recipe in code — decoded after his death.

blue hawaiian🌺 Tiki Hawaii
Easy~16% ABVBlend or Shake

Blue Hawaiian

by Harry Yee · Hilton Hawaiian Village, 1957
Ingredients
  • 45ml White Rum · 22.5ml Blue Curaçao
  • 90ml Pineapple juice · 30ml Cream of Coconut
  • Pineapple wedge & cherry
Method

Blend all with crushed ice until smooth. Pour into a hurricane glass. Garnish lavishly. Harry Yee later banned swizzle sticks (guests left them on the floor) and replaced them with fresh orchids.