Quarantiki - Tiki Tuesday Part 3

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

From coreysmithcreative on Instagram.

Quarantiki - Tiki Tuesday Part 2

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Shag has been offering coloring sheets lately. I shaded these in with Colorfy and then made a collage with BeFunky. 

Quarantiki - Tiki Tuesday Part 1

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

This is from the_boozy_doodler on Instagram.

Quarantiki - Cigar Time

Monday, March 31, 2020

It's spring break but today is the first day I've taken off in a couple weeks. Worked the past couple weekends  which I only do rarely.

Sunny 55 degree day which allowed me to sit in the yard. Smoked an Asylum 13 and drank some hula hula cocktails. 

The Hula Hula Cocktail

This in not social distancing. This is cigar distancing.

So great to take some time off of work and be outside in the yard. The last couple weeks of work have been laden with confusion and uncertainty. Some of it is related to navigating working remotely for the first time and a lot of it is just not having concrete guidelines for what the distance learning we're supposed to be setting up is supposed to look like. 

Quarantiki - Hula Hula Cocktail

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Such was my success with using fresh lime juice in the daiquiri I made the other day I decided to make one of my favorite tiki drinks, the  hula hula cocktail from Sippin' Safari by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, using fresh orange juice instead of from the carton. Wow, what a difference - so much smoother tasting and refreshing. I was a bit surprised to find out that an average sized orange only produces about a half ounce of juice. 

This one's waiting patiently to see if she'll be lucky enough to get a blue corn chip.

Quarantiki - Floridita Daiquiri

Wednesday, March 26, 2020

The drink from Shannon Mustipher's book I chose to make is the Floridity Daiquiri. Now I've never made a daiquiri before and if I've ever had one it was a long time ago. Anyway, this one seemed pretty simple to put together. It calls for 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice, 1 bar spoon granulated sugar, and 2 ounces aged white rum. 

I upped the lime juice to one full ounce, used a tablespoon of bakers sugar, and added 1 extra ounce of the aged white rum (I used Diplomatico Planas - recommended by Mustipher).

The end result was simply fantastic. I can't believe something that simple could be that good! The rum was great, the sugar added a certain effervescence, and the fresh lime juice added a wonderful sharpness and tang to the whole thing!

This is one I'm definitely gonna make again!

Quarantiki - Diplomatico Planas and Tiki Tuesday

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

How was work today? Still navigating being a teacher with no students around. It's kinda weird. Stopped by the liquor and grocery stores for some aged white rum and limes. I plan on making a daiquiri for cocktail hour tomorrow. 

Oh, and here's a mug from my collection for Tiki Tuesday.