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ZTL 270 Passion Pineapple Mojitos And A Tiki Bar Psychic

Feb 232013

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Kalani and Sunshine are in the lounge sipping a variety of flavored and classic mojitos. People often ask what drink or drinks to server for a group when they have little behind the bar experience. A mojito is a great option. Few ingredients and can be customized easily with little effort. See Sunshines batch recipe below and invite your guests to experiment a little at your next cocktail party. Our music this week is an album we found on eMusic.com. ”Exotic Lounge Essentials” is a decent album with a large track list of exotica classics covered by Ethel Azama and Tak Shindo. Good album to put on and just let it go so you don’t have to worry about a play list. Is it erotic per say? Nah. After a few drinks and some music we are joined by resident tiki bar psychic Campari Kraken. CK answers a few listener questions and tells a fortune or two. And in true self aggrandizing style, he subtly informs people how trivial their lives really are. We finish the show with a tune from our friends The Revomatics, White Cap Sunrise. Cheers and Mahalo!

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Mojito Batch Recipe:

2 Cups fresh lime juice

1.5 Cups sugar

.5 cup water

Two large bunches mint, remove leaves from stems

2 Cups 10 Cane Rum

1 Cup Cruzan Aged Light Rum or another mid priced silver rum

In a large bowl, add rums and torn mint leaves. Steep mint in rum for a few hours in the refrigerator. In another bowl mix sugar, lime juice and water. Stir till sugar dissolves. Do not use heat method, it changes flavor of lime juice. Strain mint leaves from rum and combine both mixtures. This is your Mojito base. It should be a little on the tart/sour side as this is a concentrate of sorts. Put mojito mix in a pitcher for pouring. Offer a selection of flavored rums such as coconut, mango, orange, vanilla etc. In a glass filled with crushed ice let your guests add 3/4 to 1 ounce of a flavored rum to their glass, 3 ounces of soda water (NOT LEMON LIME SODA) and 2 ounces of mojito mix. Garnish with bruised mint leaves and a lime wedge. Enjoy!

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ZTL 248 Animals Drunk On Tiki Drinks?

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Apr 202012

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Ok, so our title this week is a little misleading. But we did find out that there is a fairly long list of animals that actually enjoy inebriation as much as we do. Those elephants, bears, moose and the like sure love a good bender after a long day in the wilderness. Who wouldn’t? Sunshine and Starshine are in the Zen Tiki Lounge discussing a lot more than drunk furry friends. We have a good deal of listener email, including a great question that explains what a “room crawl” is. For those that correctly engage in such an activity, crawling can very well become part of the fun. Sunshine recalls a time when he had to pick himself up off the floor of a random hotel room and try to remember his own room number. Ohhh, the fun. Starshine is simply along for the drink this week. Speaking of, our cocktail of the week is a sneak peek at just one of the two NEW drinks we will be serving at the Tiki Caliente room crawl and room party. You want to try it? Go to tiki-caliente.com and get your room and tickets so you can be there May 18-20 and experience the live music, vendors, sunshine, pool, cocktails and weekend long party. We toss in a good deal of tiki related news this week as well. Be sure to visit Ooga-Mooga.com for the updated website and news about better search features and the ability to add new collections of your tiki schtuff. Ooga-Mooga isn’t just for tiki mugs anymore. And thats just the stuff we can recall. There is plenty more tiki and non tiki banter in this weeks episode. Cheers and Mahalo!

ZTL 150 Windows 7 Crashes the Lounge

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Oct 272009

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Sunshine and Starshine are getting ready for the spookiest Halloween yet. The giant punch bowl will be filled with “The Witches Minge” punch. Sure to get all your creeps and ghouls in the mood for a frightful evening in your tiki bar or any other room of the house. Just as scary is the launch of Windows 7 and the awesome videos on youtube. Have you seen the Windows 7 Launch Party? If not, you must. Quite possily one of the most horrible marketing campaigns ever thought up. But we can all sit back and poke fun at the retardedness. We give you plenty of other reasons to listen this week so tune in to hear them all. And, don’t forget to tell at least one friend about the podcast so you can spread us like VD.

Try “The Witches Minge”

2 oz passion fruit juice

1 oz pineapple juice

1 oz orange juice

1 oz passion fruit vodka

1 oz amber rum (Mt. Gay works well)

Squeeze of lemon juice

Toss everything in your shaker with ice. Pour into tiki mug filled with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple spear. You can also make a large batch and serve in a punch bowl, float an ice ring in the punch bowl.

ZTL 147 Obama Will Save the World with Ginger and Parsley

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Sep 262009

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Mr. Prez sure has been up to a lot the last week. Speaking on almost every topic but the one most near and dear our hearts. Where is the political policy on tikinomics? What about the economy of a cocktail based culture. Surely Obama must have time to work out these important issues? Well, if he doesn’t WE DO! So lets start with a super stomach satisfying ginger based drink. A little mint, some passion fruit and get ready to have your socks knocked off. Now that your toasted its time for Pumpkins latest installment of healing remedies. This week is parsley. Not just for your plate, but also great in juice and wine. Yep, WINE! Sunshine and Pumpkin also discuss how each of us can save our local tiki bar, fight stupidity, teach children that they can fail and learn from it, and much more.

Make a Mingie Gingie for yourself:

1.5 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur

.5 oz Appleton white rum

1 oz fresh lemon juice

1/3 oz passion fruit syrup

1 large mint leaf torn into 8-10 pieces

Toss everything in a shaker with crushed or cracked ice. Shake very well until the shaker is too cold to hold. Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint and a long piece of curly lemon zest.