468 LIVE @ Tiki Caliente With Rory Snyder & Mark Riddle

468 LIVE @ Tiki Caliente With Rory Snyder & Mark Riddle

This episode of ZTL recorded at Tiki Caliente 14 will give you just a taste of all the fun you can have over a four day weekend filled with live music, over a dozen parties and lots of great food and cocktails. Special guests this time are Rory Snyder, host and creator of Tiki Caliente. Each year Rory pulls off an even more spectacular weekend that pictures don’t do justice. We also have an interview with Mark Riddle aka Marty Lush who just released his first solo Exotica album, Lahana Sunset

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463 Making Tiki Babies With Sweet Sweet Exotica

463 Making Tiki Babies With Sweet Sweet Exotica

Aloooooooooha! and welcome to the Zen Tiki Lounge. The bar is full this time. Sunshine, Kalani, Neighbor Julio and Neighbor Nicole are on board for a new cocktail, some shots and a new rum to taste. Plus, some great conversation about saving water, a Tiki Caliente update and what songs get you in the mood?

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454 Could Anita Mai Tai Be The Next Drag Superstar?

454 Could Anita Mai Tai Be The Next Drag Superstar?

Neighbor Nichole joins us in the Zen Tiki Lounge for her third visit. Since she liked one of our previous cocktails so much we are again pouring Moog Over Rita. This take on a Rita is both sweet and savory with passion fruit and Chile vodka. Click the link above for the recipe and try this one for your self.

Nichole is joining Sunshine to talk about a project that is a long time in the making. Anita Mai Tai will someday be Sunshines official drag persona. Anitas look is being worked on and Nichole is leading the effort to design a wig and makeup routine that will give Anita a signature look. Sunshine will bring the personality, of course. Follow Anita Mai Tai on Instagram to see the progress…its going to be slow BTW.

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428 Tiki Bar Music For Indoor Entrapment

428 Tiki Bar Music For Indoor Entrapment

Aloha and welcome to the Zen Tiki Lounge podcast. We are the dimly lit tiki bar that lives in your head. Listen to this episode for nothing more than great exotica for your quarantine enjoyment. Sunshine plays some of his favorite from master Arthur Lyman, the always mystifying Tikiyaki Orchestra and the incomparable Yma Sumac. Mix yourself that favorite cocktail, dim the lights and relax. Special appearances via phone by Starshine, Pumpkin and Kalani.

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416 Sipping A Classic 1944 Trader Vic's Mai Tai While Not At Tiki Oasis

416 Sipping A Classic 1944 Trader Vic's Mai Tai While Not At Tiki Oasis

Sunshine here in the lounge solo for this episode. Conversation includes Tiki Oasis, Lost Spirits Distillery, home bar cocktail menus, and plenty of classic Exotica. Starting with our cocktail, the 1944 Trader Vic’s Mai Tai made with Rhum Clement, Kula Hawaiian Dark Rum, Liquid Alchemist Orgeat. Kula Dark Rum happened to be on sale and worth trying.

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399.57 Blended Drinks With Beachbum Berry, Golden Girls Mad Libs And Circa Caliente

399.57 Blended Drinks With Beachbum Berry, Golden Girls Mad Libs And Circa Caliente

Aloha and Welcome to the Zen Tiki Lounge. Join Sunshine and Pumpkin on this episode of the podcast. By request we are sipping a blended drink called the Headhunter. Also on this episode: a taste of Mulata de Cuba, new bar set up tips, barware suggestions for the beginner, a short list of easy to find rums that everyone should have, update on our 400th episode celebration coming 9/29/2018 in Palm Springs and lots more.  

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392 All We're Getting For Christmas Is Collusion

392 All We're Getting For Christmas Is Collusion

Only two or three times a year do we get all four ZTL hosts behind the bar for an episode.  Christmas is one of those magical moments and this episode is for those of you who enjoy the chaos.  Sunshine, Pumpkin, Starshine and Kalani are all here sharing their 11 years of holiday memories along with ample music from Tiki Joe's Ocean.

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