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Shag's Tiki Drinks Deck: 52 Ways to Shake Your Way to Paradise Edition (Case Bound Card Deck)

Shag's Tiki Drinks Deck: 52 Ways to Shake Your Way to Paradise Edition (Case Bound Card Deck)
By Adam Rocke

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Light the torches and grab the tiny paper umbrellas — the ultimate guide to delicious tiki beverages can be found in this colorful boxed deck of cards that features retro hipster artist Shag's witty illustrations. In this variant on Tiki Drinks, former bartender Adam Rocke selects his favorite luau libations and cool cocktails. The effect of "tiki" or "boat" drinks, he says, is to evoke the sensation of being marooned on an exotic island with a bevy of insignificant others eager to do your bidding. Fifty-two of the best tropical drink recipes are featured here, including piña coladas, daiquiris, punches, margaritas, freezes, coolers, and other classics that will conjure island breezes and rolling waves. Lesser-known but equally transporting drinks include such creative variations as the Pirate's Cove, Buccaneer, Zombie, Frozen Mudslide, and Bahama Mama. In addition to serving up liquid exotica, Rocke offers tips on mixers, glasses, and serving techniques — all necessary accoutrements of the pro or amateur bartender who wants to keep the natives restless.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #549233 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-04-30
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Cards
  • 54 pages

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it's tiki time!5
From the classic tiki drinks such as Mai Tai's to the exotic Skinny Dipper, this deck features 52 laminated cards and includes
6 paper umbrellas to garnish your beverages in style! Cute little addition to your tiki bar.

Better Tiki Than Tacky! Washington Post - Wednesday, June 10, 20095
These Cards will simplify the FUN!! Enjoy and you even get the little umbrellas!!

Check out these quotes from a June 2009 Washington Post article on TIKI drinks come-back in 2009:

"In Washington, we've been tiki-starved pretty much since the Nixon administration, when Tricky Dick would drag the likes of Henry Kissinger to the local Trader Vic's for mai tais. But things are starting to come around.

Luckily, this time there is a new generation of fine bartenders who are making sure that classics such as the mai tai, the zombie, the Navy Grog and, yes, the Scorpion Bowl are done the right way. Just last week Agraria Restaurant, along the Georgetown waterfront, unveiled a collection of tiki drinks on the cocktail menu. "I think tiki is a great genre of classic cocktails that's been overlooked," says Jon Arroyo, executive bar chef at both Agraria and Founding Farmers. "These drinks haven't been done here in D.C. for a long time, or if they have, they haven't been done right."

"Done right, these drinks seem to make the summer last just a little bit longer, which is why our summer cocktail package this year doubles as an offering to the tiki gods. Right now, as the days get hotter, it's the perfect time to bust out the grass skirt, restring the ukulele and dust off some old Martin Denny exotica albums while you try your hand at mixing up some classics. ""

Full article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060803353.html?