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Post #20459 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 1:29 PM

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Just in terms of Polynesian Cocktails:

Tony Ramos, master mixologist at Don The Beachcomber and Madame Wu's, taught me and the Beachbum this:
Part of the lost tradition of authentic Polynesian Potion Mixing is that they are to be mixed with top mixers only, of which the Hamilton Beach blenders are the classics. You can still find those at antique stalls, and they have been re-made by (?) as lighter, inexpensive retro ware.
Glass cylinder bottom mixers are too frothy and came into use when the Margharitas took over from the Mai Tais. As Polynesian cocktails fell out of fashion (and were shoddily mixed, if at all), so did Hamilton Beach blenders.