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Mix Up Tiki Cocktails with New Variations

Tiki cocktails became popular when the first Tiki bar was opened by Ernest Raymond Beaumont Grant, or “Donn Beach,” in the 1930’s. While the Tiki Bar craze itself has fluctuated in popularity over the years, the cocktails that made them famous never seem to go out of style. Although the true definition of a tiki…

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Mai Tai Recipes

While the name, “Mai Tai” evokes images of a tropical Polynesian paradise and beautiful girls in hula skirts, the original Mai Tai recipe was was concocted in 1944 by an American restaurateur named Victor Bergeron. Bergeron created his Polynesian-inspired cocktail on the mudflats of the East Bay of San Francisco. Bergeron was the famous “Trader…