Tiki Cocktails

I still don't know if it was a good idea...I gave JC a cocktail recipe book "Smuggler's Cove Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and The Cult of Tiki" as a wedding anniversary gift.
Since then he's been totally into Tiki cocktails and seemed like he forgot about everything else. 

I agree that Smuggler's Cove's cocktails are excellent: amusement, sophistication, strength, all in one, so although I think he's a little too fanatic, I still enjoy the outcome.

Jungle Bird is the first cocktail he made from this book.
This is originally from Kuala Lumpur Hilton.
Ingredients are pineapple juice, lime juice, Demerara syrup, Campari, Rum.
There is good balance of sweetness and sharp refreshingness.

By the way, there are recipes for house-made syrup in this book, too.

Next is Planter's Punch. 
Lime juice, Demerara syrup, Allspice Dram, rum, Angostura Bitters.
Although it was used just a little bit, allspice gives the cocktail its own characteristics.
Good cocktail, but I encourage JC to work on its visual.

This book also tells you about the history of Tiki, description of ingredients, or origin of each cocktail.
This is not just a recipe book.



Hurricane is my favorite cocktail from this book so far.

There are only three ingredients in this cocktail: lemon juice, passion fruit syrup, and rum.
It's very simple yet deep.
This cocktail has decent sweetness and strong backbone, and even after the crushed ice was melted, it didn't taste diluted. Excellent cocktail.

JC also made Mai Tai. It was good, but he wasn't satisfied so he will try again. I look forward to seeing how he will fix and how different it will taste. 
Well, I'm becoming a little fanatic about Tiki cocktails, too, I guess.