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 15 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
