Tiki Cocktails
Explore 22 Tiki cocktail recipes.
Tiki cocktails are a category of their own — built on rum, citrus and orgeat, dressed up with theatrical glassware, and arranged in ratios that look chaotic on paper but read coherent on the palate. The Mai Tai is the working anchor: aged rum, orange curaçao, orgeat, lime, sometimes a float of dark rum, served over crushed ice with a mint sprig and a long lime peel. The Zombie pushes the same idea into stronger territory with three rums layered against pineapple, lime and grenadine.
The Three Dots and a Dash adds honey and falernum to the rum framework for a sweeter, spicier read. What you'll see across this list is how often the drink stacks two or three rums on top of each other rather than picking one — a white rum for brightness, an aged rum for body, occasionally a Jamaican rum for funk. Citrus does the structure work, orgeat or honey does the sweetening, and the glassware is part of the recipe.
Most are shaken hard with cracked ice rather than cubes, most reward a finished pour with crushed ice rather than a strained one, and most are best served with the garnish that the recipe calls for — the umbrella and the mint sprig aren't decoration, they smell the way the drink is meant to smell when it lands at the table.
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Turnbuckle
Overproof rum, Cynar, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup, Passion fruit syrup
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Bahama Mama
White rum, Dark rum, Coconut rum, Banana liqueur (crème de banane), Lime juice, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Grenadine
Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Grenadine, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Aromatic bitters
Zombie
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Honey syrup, Lime juice
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Aromatic bitters, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Grapefruit juice, Lime juice, Sugar
Bahama Mama
White rum, Dark rum, Coconut rum, Banana liqueur (crème de banane), Lime juice, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Grenadine
Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Grenadine, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Aromatic bitters
Zombie
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Honey syrup, Lime juice
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Aromatic bitters, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Grapefruit juice, Lime juice, Sugar
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Bahama Mama
White rum, Dark rum, Coconut rum, Banana liqueur (crème de banane), Lime juice, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Grenadine
Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Grenadine, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Aromatic bitters
Zombie
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Honey syrup, Lime juice
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Aromatic bitters, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Grapefruit juice, Lime juice, Sugar
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