velvet falernum, where is it? - Tiki Drinks and Food

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 12:15 PM Jeff Berry's books are the best tropical drink books out there, and started me into making real topical drinks at home, but even some of those recipes can be improved. Berry says it's fine to use frozen OJ but I always use fresh because here in California oranges are cheap and plentiful and the frozen stuff tastes nasty to me. I'm sure if I lived in colder climates I would use the frozen. The same can be said for fresh grapefruit juice. I even tried to squeeze pineapple juice by hand once! It didn't work too well so I still use canned. At the Mai Kai they still use excusively fresh juices (including pineapple) and import special limes. How they do it and keep the price around $10 is beyond me.

Jeff Berry's books are the best tropical drink books out there, and started me into making real topical drinks at home, but even some of those recipes can be improved. Berry says it's fine to use frozen OJ but I always use fresh because here in California oranges are cheap and plentiful and the frozen stuff tastes nasty to me. I'm sure if I lived in colder climates I would use the frozen. The same can be said for fresh grapefruit juice. I even tried to squeeze pineapple juice by hand once! It didn't work too well so I still use canned.

At the Mai Kai they still use excusively fresh juices (including pineapple) and import special limes. How they do it and keep the price around $10 is beyond me.

Post #78236 by thejab on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 12:15 PM