Le nkomishi ye-tiki ecacile yepulasitiki yenziwe ngezinto ezisezingeni lokudla, ezingaqhekeki ezigcina ukubukeka okufana nengilazi, ikhombisa kahle iziphuzo zasezindaweni ezishisayo ezinezingqimba ezimibalabala. Ngomklamo wayo omnandi we-tiki, ingeza imfihlakalo ehlukile kanye nokukhanga emaphathini anesihloko saseHawaii, amabha, kanye nemibuthano yasekhaya, efanelekile ukuphakelwa ama-cocktail, i-Mai Tais, kanye neziphuzo ezahlukahlukene (ukugeza izandla kuphela, hhayi indawo yokugcina i-microwave noma umshini wokuwasha izitsha).