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A collection of 60 classic and modern tiki recipes retooled, and reimagined, for at-home ease.
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Sleeping Lotus
It drinks like the Army & Navy cocktail on leave in the Bahamas.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Jamaican Mule
Pineapple juice and bitters join forces in this tiki take on the mule.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Good Enough Gatsby
Whiskey can just as much of a summer go-to as it is a winter standby.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: Lizzie Munro
A Zombie By Any Other Name
Don the Beachcomber's storied 1934 classic has inspired a wave of modern minimalist tributes.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Simplified Zombie
A simplified take on the iconic Zombie.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
A Coy Decoy
A blend of gins form the base of this modern Zombie riff.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Let’s Talk About Ernest Beaumont Gantt
Better known as Donn Beach, the godfather of tiki contributed more to cocktail culture than just tropical escapism.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- illustration: Nick Hensley
It’s Tiki, But Easier
Meet your new summer companion: a collection of 60 classic and modern tropical cocktails retooled for at-home ease.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Amaro’s Tiki Moment
The bittersweet Italian liqueur is finding a new home in the layered formulas of tiki.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Lizzie Munro
All the Tiki That’s Fit to Print
How a graphic designer with a penchant for punk created Tiki News—accidentally becoming a lightning rod for the modern revival along the way.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Tiki News
Does Anyone Really Know What Tiki Is?
What began as Don the Beachcomber’s fantasy has evolved into a fully fledged cocktail genre, and yet no one has ever quite managed to define it.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Tiki’s Lost “Hawaiian Whiskey”
Drawing comparisons to bourbon, Hawaii’s okolehao was once an integral ingredient to a number of tiki drinks. Is it poised for a revival?
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: PUNCH
Garret Richard Is Bringing a New Kind of Flair to Tiki
The Existing Conditions bartender and creator of the “Exotica” pop-up series is applying modernist techniques to tiki, and emerging as a torchbearer for the genre’s next generation.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photos: Lizzie Munro
How Sherry Became a Modern Tiki Staple
Largely absent from the genre’s golden age, sherry has become the unexpected hero of the tiki revival.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Step Inside LA’s Ultimate Tiki Time Warp
Among the tiki cognoscenti, LA's Tiki-Ti bar is considered the best place to experience iconic drinks like the Mai Tai and the Zombie in their original forms.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
A Tour of the Iconic Mai-Kai Tiki Bar
Step inside the Mai Kai, one of the country's oldest and most iconic tiki bars, and find that little has changed since it opened back in 1956.
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
The World’s Most Important Tiki Bars
Today's tiki experts—from Martin Cate to Sven Kirsten—on the most notable tiki bars across the globe.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
Five Low-Proof Tiki Cocktails
From a sherry-based Zombie to a low-proof Mai Tai riff, here are five drinks that offer all of the tiki flavor at a lower octane.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Multiple
Rediscovering Don’s “Other” Essential Tiki Mix
An essential ingredient of the Pearl Diver cocktail, Gardenia Mix—a nearly forgotten amalgam of honey, butter and spices—is finding its way back into bars.
- story: Roger Kamholz
- photo: Daniel Krieger