The time has come to present you the new project that I have been preparing in the last weeks: the Oriol Elias’ Tiki Training Camp. This Training Camp is an online space for continuous training…
Jamaican Spiced Swizzle #3
One of the cocktails that became a “best seller” on the Tahiti menu was the Jamaican Spiced Swizzle. Over the years, I have continued working on this cocktail, creating new versions in order to improve…
Basic Homemade Ingredients for Tiki Drinks
During the 6 years of life that this blog has, I have been publishing various recipes, including those that I consider to be the basic ingredients for making tiki drinks. I’m talking about homemade ingredients…
Volcán Tahitiano
On the menu that I made when I was working at Tahiti cocktail bar in Barcelona, we had a version of the Volcano Bowl that worked very well and had a quite particular ingredient for…
Bastard’s Life
Reading Minimalist Tiki, the book of my friend Matt Pietrek, I found a recipe from Daniel “Doc” Parks that caught my eye, the cocktail was called Banana Life. As I continued to immerse myself in…
Homemade Pimento Dram
Another particular ingredient used in tiki cocktails is a spicy liqueur called Pimento Dram, which is also known as Pimento Liqueur or Allspice Dram. It is a Jamaican pepper liqueur with a rum base. Pimento…
Homemade Orgeat
Orgeat is an almond syrup of French origin widely used in cocktails by Trader Vic. The truth is that I have been working this ingredient on my cocktails for years, even before commercial versions were…
Squash Banana Swizzle
This is one of my favorite new cocktails, I created the Squash Banana Swizzle at the end of 2018 and I used it in almost all my guest bartendings during 2019. I prepared a special…
Recommended books to learn the basics of Tiki Cocktails
Every time I do masterclasses I usually send a dossier to the attending students, in which I include details about the tasted rums, ingredient recipes, premixes and cocktails worked during the session and a list…
Tangaroa’s Son
The past month of September in Fregene (Rome), I was part of the speakers panel at the second edition of the event Tiki by the Sea Europe, and today I want to share with you…