Deejay your own Tiki party with albums by these Exotica musicians
Old-School exotica:
● Les Baxter
● Martin Denny
● George Cates
● Luke Leilani
Contemporary exotica:
● Waitiki 7
● Stolen Idols
● Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica Mini
● Don Tiki
The encoded 1937 nui nui
As it appeared in don the beachcomber’s secret “little black book”:
● ½ lime
● ½ orange
● ¼ #2
● ¼ #4
● 2 St. Croix
● Dash #8
And here it is, decoded 70 years later by Tikiphile Jeff Berry:
● ½ oz. fresh lime juice
● ½ oz. orange juice
● ¼ oz. allspice-vanilla syrup
● ¼ oz. cinnamon syrup
● 2 oz. gold Virgin Islands rum
● Dash Angostura bitters
● Combine all ingredients in an electric blender with 4 ounces of crushed ice. Blend at high speed for 3 to 5 seconds, maximum. Pour unstrained into a tall glass. Garnish with a long strip of orange peel, half-in, half-out of glass.
