Smuggler's Cove - Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki

Martin and Rebecca Cate, founders and owners of Smuggler s Cove (the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era) take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an escapist fantasy for Depression-era Americans; how exotic cocktails were invented, stolen, and re-invented; Hollywood starlets and scandals; and tiki s modern-day revival, in this James Beard Award-winning cocktail book.

Featuring more than 100 delicious recipes (original and historic), plus a groundbreaking new approach to understanding rum, Smuggler s Cove is the magnum opus of the contemporary tiki renaissance. Whether you re looking for a new favorite cocktail, tips on how to trick out your home tiki grotto, help stocking your bar with great rums, or inspiration for your next tiki party, Smuggler s Cove has everything you need to transform your world into a Polynesian Pop fantasia.

Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi, and prepare t o lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki, one of the most alluring and often misunderstood movements in American cultural history.

Leseprobe:

Part One: An Invitation to Escape
The Birth of Tiki 23
The Golden Era 47
The Tiki Revival 71

Part Two: Smuggler s Cove: The Modern Tiki Bar
Creating the Space 101
Curating the Experience 123

Part Three: The Spirit of Rum
Rum Through the Ages 149
Understanding Rum 183

Part Four: Exotic Cocktails: Mystique and Technique
The Theater of the Exotic Cocktail 215
Eight Essential Exotic Elixirs 255

Part Five: Creating Paradise
The Tiki Look and Feel 281
The Tiki Party 295

Epilogue
The Heritage of Tiki 315
House-Made Ingredients 324
Resources 335
Bibliography and Additional Reading 340
A Few of My Favorite Tiki Spots 342


The Tiki
The word tiki originated in New Zealand and the Marquesas Islands, where it can refer to a carving of a first man, a god, or a symbol of procreation depending on which culture it originated from. But eventually, mainland Americans appropriated the word to describe any Polynesian carving with a largely human form, exaggerated features, and a menacing visage. What s more, mainlanders started carving the tikis themselves, occasionally with an eye to their South Pacific origins, but more often with a whimsical and naïve attitude toward another people s extinct religion, as historian Sven Kirsten puts it. These artists were inspired to add their own flair and style to the carvings. Thus was born a new kind of tiki whose provenance lay in many lands and imaginations, and would later become a tenet of Polynesian Pop.


Halekulani Cocktail

Open the door to paradise with this 1930s treat from the famous House Without a Key on Waikiki Beach.

ORIGIN House Without a Key lounge,
Halekulani Hotel, Waikiki Beach, circa 1930s
SOURCE Beachbum Berry s Sippin Safari,
adapted by Smuggler s Cove
GLASSWARE Chilled coupe

1 2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 2 ounce fresh orange juice
1 2 ounce pin eapple juice
1 4 ounce SC Demerara Syrup
1 2 teaspoon SC Grenadine
11 2 ounces bourbon
1 dash Angostura bitters

GARNISH Edible orchid

Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with cracked or cubed ice. Shake and double-strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with an edible orchid on the edge of the glass.