USA Today's 10 Best Tiki Bars Around the USA - General Tiki

W wizzard419 Member Joined: Jul 10, 2013 Posts: 341	W wizzard419 Posted posted on Thu, Nov 27, 2014 10:59 PM On 2014-11-27 10:38, bigbrotiki wrote: But I am again baffled at the snobbery of those members of the craft cocktail generation that think "Tiki" is a just cocktail genre, and that any place that does not use a grocery shelf full of fresh spices does not deserve the term "Tiki". Is tiki not a genre/subset of cocktails? Just like a sour, highball, etc... One may say it is a way of life, but by saying that it would mean that a shot of jack poured in a biker bar is inherently different from that same shot pulled in a TGI Fridays. Though, fresh spices (regardless of the use) should always be used since they lose flavor so fast. At the same time, they most likely did not use the freshest possible items for their products in the 50's onward since the concept wasn't accepted until more recent years.

On 2014-11-27 10:38, bigbrotiki wrote:

But I am again baffled at the snobbery of those members of the craft cocktail generation that think "Tiki" is a just cocktail genre, and that any place that does not use a grocery shelf full of fresh spices does not deserve the term "Tiki".

Is tiki not a genre/subset of cocktails? Just like a sour, highball, etc... One may say it is a way of life, but by saying that it would mean that a shot of jack poured in a biker bar is inherently different from that same shot pulled in a TGI Fridays.

Though, fresh spices (regardless of the use) should always be used since they lose flavor so fast. At the same time, they most likely did not use the freshest possible items for their products in the 50's onward since the concept wasn't accepted until more recent years.

Post #732272 by wizzard419 on Thu, Nov 27, 2014 10:59 PM