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…
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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…
Why my rhum arrangé banana, chocolate and vanilla has failed?
Yes, one month later I have to tell you that my rhum arrangé banana, chocolate and vanilla is a real shit…it has failed!!!! From a few days ago I was looking that something was wrong with that…
Rhum arrangé banana, chocolate and vanilla
*Edited 21/8/2014: This recipe has failed, read why here. Following with my recent experiments in Rhums Arrangés, I wanted to try a combination that I saw a few months ago produced by Cédric Brément: the rum…
Vanilla Syrup
Another syrup very used on tiki drinks is the Vanilla Syrup. This is a very easy syrup to make at home, you only need sugar, water and vanilla beans, and, of course, the homemade version is…
Rhum arrangé apple, vanilla and cinnamon
In a recent day trip to the south of France, I bought some rhum agricole of Martinique and I was tempted from the first moment to follow working on the rhum arrangés. My first experience…
Homemade Falernum
Looking inside of tiki cocktail books we could be surprised for some strange ingredients, and one of the most used is the Falernum. Falernum is a spiced syrup original from Barbados, flavored with lime, cloves,…
Rhum arrangé sugar cane, vanilla and raisins
One of my hobbies is make experiments related with the mixology. After a long time working on experiments about bitters, I tried a new thing: rhum arrangé.
Rich Cinnamon Syrup
In tiki drinks, some syrups are often used. Some of these are hard to find in a lot of places of the world, and others that can’t offer the same quality and flavor in their…