Reddit mentions of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails

Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails - Shannon Mustipher, is what you're looking for. Her book involves many more sophisticated techniques, advanced preparations, and unusual ingredients than these others - a worthy challenge when you've "Mastered the Masters".

Doh! Rookie mistake.
Here you go. Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789335549/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gAyPCb32N03MN

Get 3-4 tools;

A Japanese-style jigger or a 50ml graduated cylinder

Ice. (And learn how it is made properly)

A cocktail shaker.

A strainer comes in handy too.



The cheapest way to practice; mix whatever booze you have on hand that is around 80 proof with some form of sugar, (honey, 1:1 sugar-to-water, 2:1 sugar-to-water, agave, Demerara sugar, etc...) and some form of citrus (fresh lime/ lemon juice). Just play around with the ratios of each (booze, citrus, sugar) till you learn how each affects one another.

For beginning bartending, I recommend familiarizing yourself with how alcohol is synthesized, the different distillation processes, and the types of booze from around the world.

From there, look on YouTube.

u/CocktailChem has a nice playlist for beginners called Basic Cocktails

Here is a couple of other playlists for you

The Educated Barfly YT

Steve the Bartender 365 days playlist

How To Drink

United States Bartenders Guild (USBG) seminars


Additionally, look for some books;

Cocktail codex(here)

Savoy Cocktail book (here)

Liquid Intelligence (here)

Smuggler’s cove (here)

Tiki (here)

The Aviary Cocktail Book (here)

The moment I saw this pic I thought of this recent tiki cocktail book
https://www.amazon.com/Tiki-Tropical-Cocktails-Shannon-Mustipher/dp/0789335549/

Just had a great cocktail from Shannon Mustipher's "Tiki" cocktail book called Jade Merchant #2 >> https://www.amazon.com/Tiki-Tropical-Cocktails-Shannon-Mustipher/dp/0789335549/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tiki%3A+Modern+Tropical+Cocktails&qid=1566858182&s=books&sr=1-1

Avocado-oil washed Shochu, aloe juice, cucumber, mint, lime, and green tea syrup (I used Dragonwell) -excellent. Some other tea infusions in the book (the whole thing has been pretty great so far).

Otherwise, doing a short infusion of Wuyi oolong or shoeing pu'er in whisk(e)y is always great.

Or there's always the old Hot Toddy (change hot water to hot tea and there you go).