About the course
Venture into the uncharted waters of tiki cocktail making, where you’ll find a world of secret treasures. Discover lesser-known recipes, creative techniques and hear all about the intriguing origins of tiki culture from our experienced instructor.
This course is designed for all experienced levels. So all you’ll need is a bit of curiosity and a keen interest in tiki.
Meet your instructor
André Sousa
Regional Manager at European Bartender School
- 13 years in the bartending industry
- 9 years as an EBS instructor
- Rum aficionado and tiki culture enthusiast
- Professional photographer for restaurants and bars around the world
Course content
From the birth of tiki culture to creative cocktail recipes, you’ll cover a lot in this online course. Here’s a taste of what you’ll learn...
Sugar-refining process
Sugar refining is a key part of tiki cocktail-making. You’ll learn how to turn cane sugar into molasses and other ingredients that we’ll later use to create syrups.
Homemade syrups:
Discover how to make a range of simple and complex syrups, using different ingredients to achieve specific flavours.
Techniques
You’ll cover ancient and modern tiki techniques, from macerating overproof rums and extracting oils from nuts to mixing flavours using the ‘flash blend’ technique.
Garnishes
When it comes to garnishing a tiki cocktail, more is definitely more. Learn about the most iconic tiki garnishes, and how to execute them using crafty techniques.
Tiki culture
Travel through 40 years of tiki culture and watch its evolution. You’ll even get to pay virtual visits to the most famous bars and masterminds in tiki history.
Don Beach and Trader Vic
Meet the two biggest names in tiki history, learn about their voyage through uncharted territory, and discover what inspired their most famous cocktails.
The world of tiki bartending awaits
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Kathrine Luckie
LOVE the idea of spraying the oil from the Orange over the top to mask the smell of the egg - Wish I had known this before!
Jasmin Baier
Love it. diverting and full of useful informations. Great shots; color, light, .. it´s appetizing & fun to watch!
Carlos Eastman
Awesome course. Would recommend it to any young up and comers like myself. Good to know my money was well spent.
Manikandan Gurusamy
Amazing information.. i have come to know how ice has come into existence and why its so important for a drink
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