Drinks
Many tiki bars have their own house specialty drinks, the recipes for which are often carefully guarded to prevent imitation by other bars. Various kinds of rum and blue Curaçao are common ingredients, along with tropical fruit juices and bitters. Cocktails can be very complicated and dramatic, served in decorated ceramic vessels in the shapes of tikis (called "tiki mugs"), coconut shells or volcanoes among the more popular styles. Cocktails are often garnished with paper cocktail umbrellas, live flowers or plastic animals. A scorpion bowl is a popular cocktail that is served in a ceramic bowl for communal drinking. A variation on the scorpion bowl is the "volcano bowl." Also a communal drink, the volcano bowl drink is traditionally served in a ceramic bowl (similar to a scorpion bowl), but with a raised reservoir in the center, generally resembling a volcano. The reservoir is typically filled with 151 proof alcohol and lit on fire.
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)