ZTL 267 The Tiki Gods Defy Mayan Apocalypse

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Jan 052013
 
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Aloha and welcome to the Zen Tiki Lounge, the tiki bar that lives in your head.  Sunshine, Starshine and Kalani sit at the bar for the first time this new year.  Sunshine is very happy to now own a turntable and has converted some exotica albums for the podcast.  This week we listen to Arthur Lyman’s Hawaiian Sunset and Martin Denny’s Quiet Village.  Can’t go wrong with those two classic examples of great vintage exotica.  Our cocktail this week was inspired by all the fresh citrus we have ripening in Southern California.  Fresh grapefruit, limes and oranges combine with El Dorado 15, Plantation 5 and 10 Cane rums, a little homemade falernum and some brown sugar syrup.  A zesty drink packed with vitamin C and exotic spices.  Speaking of vinyl albums, Kalani brought in some more classics like Carmen Miranda, Hilo Hattie and Webley Edwards.  Plenty to keep us relaxing on our bar stools during the next few podcasts.  And if you ever wanted to hear the ladies sing you will love this episode.  A stiff drink removes just enough inhibition for a spontaneous duet of Kokomo.  Fun!

We are proud to say that our good friend Everett Peacock has just published another book!  Escape from Hanalei will entice you to visit the islands and experience that relaxation and paradise that you have dreamed up.  Listen to this episode to find out how you can get a copy in either paperback or kindle versions.  That is if you want to participate in our little game.  You can also get the book right now, click here!

The Unnamed Cocktail

1 ounce El Dorado 15

1 ounce Plantation 5

1 ounce 10 Cane

3 ounces fresh grapefruit, lime and orange juices, any proportion you like

1/2 ounce falernum, homemade is best

1/2 ounce brown sugar syrup

Add all to blender and pulse with 2 cups crushed or cracked ice.  Pour into large tiki mug and enjoy a stiff cocktail packed with cold fighting vitamin C ;)

 

ZTL 266 A Tiki Bar Holiday In Retro Style

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Dec 102012
 
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Notes and song titles coming soon…

Enjoy the podcast and Happy Holidays

Make our classy holiday cocktails in your very own home:

Coquito (“little coconut”)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 12 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 inch-long piece of fresh ginger, peeled
  • 1 15-ounce can of Coco Lopez
  • 1 12-ounce can of Carnation Evaporated Milk
  • 1.5  cup light rum (I use Cruzan)
  • Powdered cinnamon

Directions

  • Place water, cloves, cinnamon sticks and ginger in a small saucepan to create an infusion. Cook at medium heat until the mixture begins to boil.
  • After cooking, cover and let the infusion cool for 15 minutes. Remove cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
  • Place the Coco Lopez, evaporated milk, rum and infusion in a blender. Cover and blend for 30 seconds.
  • Pour contents into a glass bottle with a cinnamon stick and refrigerate until cold.
  • Serve in 2-5 ounce glasses. Sprinkle top with powdered cinnamon.
  • Like an egg nog, the flavor improves with time. It’s quite good freshly made, but a 14-28 day aging in the refrigerator does wonders for it.
Christmas Island Sparkling Punch
1 bottle brut champagne
2 cups peppermint tea (brew 4 bags in two cups boiling water, chill before adding to punch)
30 oz pineapple juice
1.5 cups spiced rum (Sunshine’s Very Spicy Rum, or Cruzan 9)
4 oz Hibiscus syrup or REAL pomegranate grenadine
Lemon juice to adjust sweet/tartness to your liking
Add everything to a chilled punch bowl and use a large ice ring to keep it cold.
Spiced Caramel Apple
3/4 oz Caramel Apple Vodka
3/4 oz Spiced Rum
1.5 oz Apple Cider
Shake well with crushed ice and serve in a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with apple wedges that have been soaked in spiced rum overnight.

ZTL 261 Do Your Tikis Dance With Jack Daniels?

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Nov 092012
 
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This weeks podcast was just found in a dusty place, deep inside the macbook.  Apparently recorded back in early September, Kalani and Sunshine popped into the lounge for cocktails and some great music from The Exotics.  Hear three awesome tracks from this great band that hails from Milwaukee.  Don Nelson who is not only in the band but also operates the Foundation Tiki Bar in Milwaukee was nice enough to drop a copy of the album with us.  This podcast will seem like going back in time since the Taboo event happened over a month ago.  But, the music, cocktails and banter still sound fresh.  Get a kickin recipe for a Jack Daniels ice cream cake you can do at home and some tips from Kalani about her weight loss challenges.  More, fresh and new podcasts coming very soon.

Whiskey Lemon Ice Cream Cake

1 Box Lemon Cake Mix

1 16oz tub Cool Whip

1 tsp Bourbon Vanilla

1 Tblsp Lemon Zest

1 tub Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Jack Daniels, according to cake recipe

Prepare cake to recipe on box for a two layer round or square cake.  Replace the water with Jack Daniels, usually 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 cups of whiskey.  Bake according to box.  Cool cakes.  Slice off top of cooled cakes if they mounded, to make them flat.  Wrap cakes in plastic wrap and freeze for an hour.  While cake is in freezer, add the vanilla to the Cool Whip and set in refrigerator till needed.  Remove cakes from freezer, remove plastic wrap.  Place first cake on platter.  In a bowl or mixer, stir ice cream just till it is soft enough to smoosh onto cake.  Add second layer of cake.  Quickly frost cake with Cool Whip and put in the freezer for at least an hour.  Slice and server.  Looks fabulous and tastes amazing.  You can use this same method and sub any liquor you like.  Play with ice cream flavors, cake flavors and shapes.

ZTL 256 Progressive Tiki Drink Night @ Zen Tiki Lounge

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Jul 082012
 
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One never knows when brilliance will strike.  But when it does, pour a cocktail.  Or 4, or 5.  Sunshine had the idea of inviting listeners (who pass a short background check) into the Zen Tiki Lounge to show off their cocktail mixing/making skills.  Think of it as a Progressive Tiki Drink Night.  Over the course of the evening we dried 4 unique drinks, each one a good deal different than the previous.  And as you may imagine there was an air of inebriation throughout the lounge.  So rather than go into detail that is better heard than read, enjoy this weeks look into our world.

Hear the Revomatics at the conclusion of this podcast.  Two of Sunshines favorite tracks on the current albu: Pipeline and Apache.

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Enjoy the Break 3 cocktail from Listener Kevin.  Make the spiced syrup first and enjoy.  Cheers!

“Using a hammer or other blunt object, break up 3 sticks of cinnamon, 2 whole cloves, ¼ teaspoon cardamom seeds and 2 generous tablespoons allspice berries. Add the broken up (but not completely pulverized) spices to 3 cups of water in a small saucepan. Boil vigorously until reduced by half, then strain out the spices. Return the spiced water to the pan and add 1½ cups of sugar. Simmer over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly. Cool before using.” Adding some all-spice berries isn’t a bad thing either. I also up the cardamom because I think it makes for a unique taste. The Brake 3 1 oz Coruba 1 oz Cruzan light 3/4 oz lime juice 1/2 oz grapefruit juice 3/4 oz spice syrup 3/4 oz apricot brandy.

The Brake 3

1 oz Coruba

1 oz Cruzan light

3/4 oz lime juice

1/2 oz grapefruit juice

3/4 oz spice syrup

3/4 oz apricot brandy

Shake with ice cubes and pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass. Optionally top with a splash of club soda. Garnish as you like. Mint is a good choice.

ZTL 250 Zen Tiki Lounge LIVE from Tiki Caliente 4

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May 202012
 
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After many months of waiting and testing cocktails, Tiki Caliente came and went.  The weather in Palm Springs was perfect for cocktails by the pool all day and all night.  The ZTL crew enjoyed hitting all the room parties.  Special mention to The Hair of the Dog Party and Flaming Tiki, two of our favorite rooms and cocktails.  Music by the Martini Kings poolside with Sonny Moon were another of the big highlights.  Meeting Sonny Moon at an after party later in the evening was the bees knees.  The Hula Girls played Sunshines favorite song Volcano.  That makes him very happy.  And for those that were lucky enough to see the Deadbeat Daddies on Friday, you know what a great performance it was.  Great to see them at the event and the first time we were able to see the guys live.  Then of course there was Moai Man, Listeners carrying around their Big Orange Richard mugs by PopTiki, our funner than fun room party, using pool floaties for innuendo, the LIVE podcast with great listeners in our hotel room, and so much more.  Listen for to hear everyones favorite tiki podcast game show “whats in Kalani’s bras.”  As if that isn’t enough we open up the mic to our audience for LIVE listener mail and sip the two fabulous cocktails you see below.  Cheers and Mahalo

Ginger’s Passion

1 oz Guava Juice

1.5 ounces Passion Fruit Juice

.5 ounce Lemon Juice

.25 ounce Passoa Passion Fruit Liquor

.5 ounce DeKuyper Ginger Liquor

.5 ounce Stirring’s Ginger Liquor or Canton

.5 ounce Cruzan Estate Light Rum with Ginger Infusion or another very dry white rum*

*In a .750ml bottle Cruzan Estate Light Rum, add 2 ounces freshly juiced ginger.  You can purchase ginger juice as a substitute but increase to 2.5 ounces.

Shake all together with ice.  Strain into glass filled with crushed ice.  Garnish with a cherry and pickled ginger on a skewer.

The Luckubus

1 ounce White Grapefruit Juice

1 ounce Pineapple Juice

.5 ounce Lemmon Juice

.5 ounce Orgeat

1 ounce Sunshine’s Very Spicy Rum*

3/4 ounce Vodka

Shake all together with ice.  Pour into double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice.  Garnish with Pink Grapefruit wedge.  *Click here for the recipe for Sunshine’s Very Spicy Rum

ZTL 249 The Road To Tiki Caliente 4

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May 122012
 
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Sunshine, Starshine and Kalani are tingling with anticipation over the upcoming weekend tiki event in Palm Springs.  Tiki Caliente 4 is May 18-20!  This week on the podcast we sip the two very cocktails we will be serving at our TC4 room party.  Gingers Passion and the Luckubus are two lovely drinks sure to tickle most fancies.  And, if you are attending the big shindig you will get to try them.  Just remember to tip your bar tender.  When in Palm Springs there is lots more to do besides the event.  Try the aerial tramway and ascend to the top of Mt. San Jacinto in just minutes.  Walk around town and get in some great shopping and visit some local art dealers and museums.  There are two casinos in town for those who want to try their hand at slots and tables, or maybe a las vegas style buffet.  Palm Springs is filled with posh boutique hotels worth visiting for their bars and cocktails alone.  See, plenty to keep you busy.  This week we also share some gardening tips for those with lots of space or just a few potted plants.  Sunshine has recently discovered UrbanZen.com where you can find out where to share in your community or learn more about choosing a life path that is better for your and those you care about.  Enjoy the show.  Cheers and Mahalo!

The Luckubus

1.5 oz Sunshines very spicy rum, click for recipe

1.5 oz white grapefruit juice

.25 oz lime juice

.25 oz lemon juice

.5 oz Orgeat syrup

Shake all with crushed ice and pour unstrained into a double old fashioned glass.  Garnish with lemon and lime wheel on rim.

ZTL 247 Tiki Caliente 4 Countdown With Rory Snyder

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Apr 152012
 
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This weeks show is full of everything you need to have the full experience at this years Tiki Caliente 4.   Music from the bands and a very special interview with event guru himself, Rory “Wildsvilleman” Snyder.

Please stay tuned for full show notes, we just need to sober up a bit.

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