ebay: Vintage Kahlua Aztec Liquor Bottle - Tiki Marketplace

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 2:11 PM On 2008-07-10 08:36, christiki295 wrote: The bottle looks more Aztec, if not Native American. Also, Kahlua does not come from the South Pacific. To be fair, it's a common mistake: KAH-lua is a coffee liqour from Mexico. KA-lua means "to bake in an earth oven" in Hawaiian (see Kalua Pig). This naturally lead to confusion dating back even to the heyday of Tiki. While the Seattle KALUA ROOM got it right: .. the KAHLUA APARTMENTS on Rosemead Blvd in L.A. didn't: There is also the famous 60s Kahlua Strikow decanter which I call Tiki Modern because it spawned several re-applications in Tikidom (can't find the link where that was discussed recently). Plus the Kahlua Company is the only liquor company who consistently, to this day, put out figurative theme liquor bottles, which are not Tiki, but still cool.

On 2008-07-10 08:36, christiki295 wrote:
The bottle looks more Aztec, if not Native American.
Also, Kahlua does not come from the South Pacific.

To be fair, it's a common mistake: KAH-lua is a coffee liqour from Mexico. KA-lua means "to bake in an earth oven" in Hawaiian (see Kalua Pig). This naturally lead to confusion dating back even to the heyday of Tiki. While the Seattle KALUA ROOM got it right:

.. the KAHLUA APARTMENTS on Rosemead Blvd in L.A. didn't:

There is also the famous 60s Kahlua Strikow decanter which I call Tiki Modern because it spawned several re-applications in Tikidom (can't find the link where that was discussed recently).

Plus the Kahlua Company is the only liquor company who consistently, to this day, put out figurative theme liquor bottles, which are not Tiki, but still cool.

Post #393068 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 2:11 PM