It started casually enough when my brother asked me to share a few tiki drink recipes with him. I sent him some of my favorites and someinformation about rums，他似乎很高兴。然后，圣诞节滚来滚来，因为礼物的想法茫然，我给了他两本tiki食谱。从那以后的几个月中，该学生已经超过了大师的琐事 - 那是在他开始装饰之前。

What you see here is but a poor example of Todd’s garnishing prowess. My bachelor brother has now planted flowers and mint plants in his yard so that he always has some available for tiki garnishes. These pictures were taken on vacation, when he had to make do with just maraschino cherries, pineapple leaves, lime wedges, umbrellas, and citrus curls. Too bad he didn’t pack hisMoai ice/jello molds。My garnishes, by contrast, are farless funmorerestrained。

We were limited in our tiki ingredients on vacation, but we’d packed enough grenadine and good rum for this one. I like it because while it’s still light and fruity, the dark rum makes it more interesting. The bubbles from the club soda are refreshing and fun. Maybe not as fun as creative garnishes, but it all comes together for a great drink.

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Sven-Tiki（略适合杰夫·贝里（Jeff Berry）Beachbum Berry混音）

Makes 1 drink

Recommended rums: Shellback or Flor de Cana for light/silver rum; Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Old or Old Brigand Black Label for dark rum.

1盎司石灰汁
1盎司orange juice
1盎司未加糖的菠萝汁
1盎司grenadine
1盎司dark rum
2 ounces light rum
½ ounce club soda

Put all ingredients except the club soda into a cocktail shaker. Add 1½ cups crushed ice; cover and shake until the shaker is frosted over. Pour unstrained into a glass. Top with club soda.

So you’ve got a nice batch of rich, aromaticorgeat，，，，but what do you do with it? It’s time for a mai tai. I used to think mai tais were fruity over-the-top frou frou drinks. Like daiquiris, maybe that’s true in some cases, but a true mai tai, likea true daiquiri，，，，is relatively simple. The original mai tai contains only lime juice, sugar, orgeat, orange liqueur, and two types of rum.

With all that alcohol, it’s a strong drink, and I’ve found that I’m particularly picky about the alcohol quality in a mai tai. I’ve already told you about my favorite light (or silver) rum,壳背，，，，which fortunately is relatively easy to find. Amber and dark rums, the types used in mai tais, aren’t quite as available, but if you have a favorite liquor store, you should be able to find what you need.

Technically, a mai tai calls for an amber rum from the island of Martinique.Clement VSOPis the most widely available, but even it’s hard to find. Dave and I usually stick to a Jamaican amber rum;Appleton Estate Signature Blend(recently renamed from Appleton Estate V/X) is our favorite, because it’s really good and readily available. My brother likes Denizen’s Merchant Reserve, although I’ve never seen that one for sale where I live.

There are a number of dark rums out there, although quality varies. My favorite isAppleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Old（刚从Appleton Estate重命名的超过12岁），但我最喜欢的酒类商店没有出售。当我们无法获得黑暗的阿普尔顿（Appleton）时，我们会使用旧的Brigand Black标签，这不是牙买加人，但是乞g在深色朗姆酒方面不能成为选择者。最常见的黑暗牙买加朗姆酒是迈尔（Myer's），我多年来从未尝试过。我记得它很苛刻，但应该捏紧。

你可能会有不同的选择,and they’re worth trying. Trying new rums is part of the fun of tiki, although I understand that not everyone wants a liquor cabinet that’s overflowing with rum bottles like ours is. Fortunately, a mai tai is a very enjoyable way to test out a new rum.

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Mai Tai(rewritten from朗姆酒）

Makes 1 drink

If you can find it, our favorite orange liqueur isClemont Creole Shrubb。It’s rum-based, instead of brandy-based like most other orange liqueurs.

Dave prefers this without the sugar syrup, but for my taste, that seemed off-balance. Ideal level of sweetness is a personal preference, but this is a good starting point. The sugar syrup we use is an equal volume of sugar and water, heated until the sugar dissolves.

¾盎司（1.5汤匙）柠檬汁
½ ounce (1 tablespoon)orgeat
¼ ounce (1½ teaspoons) simple syrup
1盎司(2 tablespoons) Martinique or Jamaican amber rum
1盎司(2 tablespoons) Jamaican (or other) dark rum
½ ounce (1 tablespoon) triple sec, such as Cointreau
mint sprig (optional)

将所有材料放入鸡尾酒调制器。加1½cups crushed ice; cover and shake until the shaker is frosted over. Pour unstrained into a glass. Garnish with a mint sprig (or lime wedges, maraschino cherries, pineapple leaves, and cocktail umbrellas, as my brother did here), if desired.