Tasting Notes Were not sure how the science works but cocktails just taste better out of a tiki mug. This coconut-shaped version makes us want to break out the Rhum Clément Mahina Coco or Aluna Coconut Rum and start mixing up Piña Colada and Painkiller cocktails. Tiki culture is built on escapism faux-Polynesian décor exotic cocktails beach vibes laidback attitude and a lot of South Pacific cultural appropriation. Its creation is attributed to the well-travelled and larger than life Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt (later to change his name to Donn Beach) who opened the first tiki bar in 1934 in Hollywood California. Called Don the Beachcomber his bar offered a welcome break following Prohibition and very strong cocktails including one of the most iconic tiki cocktails the Zombie. His concept was taken to the next level by Victor Jules Bergeron better known as Trader Vic who added Chinese Japanese and Tahitian dishes and a wide array of rum cocktails into the mix the most noteworthy of t