Post #813966 by Tiki_Thor on Sun, Sep 29, 2024 9:20 AM

So what is it about the ceramic coconut cup that makes me smile? Is it those reruns of Gilligan's Island from my youth, or the simple curved shape nestled in my palm?

The wiki entry for coconut shell cups covers earlier/pre "tiki culture" uses of naturally fashioned cups, and doubtlessly the British navy's hard drinking sailors further contributed to the whole "using real coconuts as a drinking vessel" around the world...

... But I'm interested in getting some info on the variations of vintage (pre-90's) ceramic coconuts out there... such as which tiki bar location started using ceramic coconut mugs first, and about when?

I dug through several coconut threads here too (sadly, with mostly expired image links that probably held a few great examples) and of course there's a ton of specific "coconut" tagged items to see at mytiki.life, but no general overview of ceramic coconut cups that I have stumbled across just yet...

So down the rabbit hole I go!

[ Edited by Tiki_Thor on 2025-06-10 13:56:12 ]