Post #787799 by tikitube on Mon, Jun 18, 2018 7:34 PM

On 2018-06-18 13:28, Cammo wrote:
Hang in there, Arkansas; it ain't half bad as it seems!

LoL, no worries! I like the DIY Tiki stuff. Plus, I'd be broke more often if we were a tiki Mecca. :)

What really ticks me off is when people think Tiki is ALL about the drinks, what's in the drinks and nothing but the drinks.

Screw the drinks; anybody - ANYBODY - can copy a classic recipe. Big deal.

Now THAT is an unpopular opinion... but I tend to agree. I believe that in most cases a bad tiki drink is probably just the result of someone not having the correct ingredients or recipe. Not to belittle our professional mixologists, but lots of the classic recipes aren't exactly rocket science. If that Mai Tai is bad, it could be ignorance or laziness...or it could just be a bartender doing the best with what the management has stocked. And in most cases, when ordering a "tiki drink" at a non-tiki bar, the non-tiki customer isn't going to notice or care.

I understand Swankys bitterness, though it does feel a bit like sour grapes. We just can't keep tiki to ourselves...!