Tiki Oasis 2015 Bartender Challenge video

Please enjoy a short video of the Tiki Oasis 2015 Bartender Challenge. I was up there being judge-y on a Sunday morning.

Mai Ta-IPA?

Wait, what's this now? Firstly I think I would like to get this book that I just learned about, "Cocktails on Tap" by Jacob Grier. Also, I did not know that out in the ether was something (potentially) connecting my fondness for tiki cocktails and my fondness for IPAs. This Mai Ta-IPA sounds odd and wrong but I am going to need to try it.

Harvesting cinnamon (cassia)

A quick look at where cassia cinnamon comes from and how it's harvested. Now go make some cinnamon syrup and mix up a Jet Pilot.

One of the most beloved spices in the world, Cinnamon is actually the dried and curled up inner bark of one of several varietals of trees in the genus Cinnamomum. Cassia Cinnamon is one of those varietals and the majority of it grows in the lush Kerenci Valley on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.