About

Tammy’s Tastings was founded in 2006 to help people learn about food and drink in a delicious, entertaining and slightly educational way. We offer regularly scheduled online & in-person cocktail classes as well as corporate and private events. Our events are good for all occasions, from corporate team building and customer appreciation events, to birthday and bachelorette parties, to book clubs and other social groups. Each event is tailored to the specific occasion and audience, and available for nearly every budget and timeframe. And while Tammy is the founder of Tammy’s Tastings, we have a fully qualified team capable of delivering a wide range of events.

We are based in Ann Arbor, MI and primarily serve Detroit, Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio. Travel outside the area is possible. Contact Us for more information.

Tammy Coxen

Tammy Coxen

Founder & Chief Tasting Officer

As the founder and Chief Tasting Officer of Tammy’s Tastings, Tammy Coxen has been sharing her enthusiasm for food and drink for over 15 years. Since 2011 she has been teaching interactive hands-on cocktail classes to individuals, groups, and companies for events ranging from parties to corporate team building. In 2020 she took those classes online, and now continues to offer both in-person and online events. In 2023 she launched My Tiny Bottles, a project where she’s exploring her grandmother’s legacy of hundreds of miniature liquor bottles, one tiny bottle at a time. She is the co-author of the cocktail book Cheers to Michigan, was co-host of a regular cocktail segment on Michigan Radio (her local NPR affiliate), and has written for Hour Detroit magazine and other publications. Her favorite drink is usually the one she’s never tried before.

Rebecca Morrow

Rebecca Morrow

Event Leader

Rebecca Morrow is a long-time hospitality worker with over 15 years of bartending and serving experience. She finds joy in sharing her gained knowledge with others embracing opportunities to “nerd out” about food and beverage. Beginning in 2023 she has embraced a bigger role in Tammy’s Tastings and will be responsible for leading some public and private in-person events.  Rebecca is an eclectic drinker who’s visited 100 breweries across the state with her husband Alan.

Anne Cahalan

Anne Cahalan

Event Leader

A software developer by day, Anne Cahalan took so many Tammy’s Tastings classes that the only thing left to do was join the team. When not playing with shakers, Anne enjoys travel, watching hockey, and knitting. Beginning in 2023 she has embraced a bigger role in Tammy’s Tastings and will be responsible for leading some public and private in-person events.  Her favorite cocktail is a Manhattan, except for when it’s an Aviation. 

Heather Singh

Heather Singh

Hailing from Saline, Heather Singh spends much of her time working remotely in operations and marketing, exploring out-of-the-way natural places with her husband and two dogs, and planning trips to visit their kids. She enjoys working with Tammy & Rebecca as it provides the opportunity to engage in some of her favorite activities – helping others, making yummy cocktails, and learning as much as possible about cocktail history and hospitality. She’s especially interested in the nuances of spirits, bitters, syrups and garnishes.

Ken Silverman

Ken Silverman

Ken is a construction manager for U of M by day, and Tammy & Rebecca’s right-hand man when they needs additional staff for events. Ken is a huge sports fan, especially of college football, hockey and lacrosse. He has an affinity for bourbon drinks and amber ales.

Rebecca Wauldron

Rebecca Wauldron

After starting her career as a high school history and government teacher, Rebecca quickly realized that her true passion was for creating delicious food and teaching others how to do the same. When not helping Tammy & Rebecca, she works for Busch’s Fresh Food Market. Ever the historian, Rebecca enjoys learning about the history of spirits, craft cocktails, beer, and wine, and has been known to partake of such beverages on occasion.

Allan Bjorklund

Allan Bjorklund

When not helping Tammy & Rebecca with events, Allan is a software developer for University of Michigan Hospitals and an avid baker who loves making bread styles from all around the world. Allan enjoys spending his evenings after work sitting at the piano with most any kind of good drink, but if forced to choose, his default cocktail would be The Last Word.

Book & Writing

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Cheers to Michigan

Enjoy cocktails for every season, each distilling the best of the Great Lakes State

Cheers to Michigan is a toast to cocktail culture in the Mitten and the state’s flourishing craft cocktail and distillery movements. Based on Cheers!, Tammy Coxen and Lester Graham’s popular cocktail segment on Michigan Radio (NPR), this book gathers forty-five of the authors’ favorite cocktail recipes celebrating the Great Lakes State—its history, its people, its culture, even its weather! Throughout, the authors mix in dashes of Michigan’s fascinating drinking history, entertaining profiles of award-winning cocktail bars, distilleries, and individual spirits from the region, as well as helpful tidbits for preparing top-shelf cocktails on your own.

Where to Buy

Signed and personalized copies are currently available! Choose to get the book(s) shipped to you or pick it up from Tammy in Ann Arbor

Order from University of Michigan Press or Amazon. Even better, buy local! Especially for those of you in Michigan, if your local bookstore doesn’t have it, please ask them to order it.

Hour Detroit

Hour Detroit is a monthly print magazine covering the Metro Detroit area. Each month the magazine brings readers stories of regional interest along with the best restaurants, clubs, events and useful resources. From January 2021 to March of 2022 Tammy wrote the Drinks column, highlighting the best of the region’s drinks culture, including wine, beer, cocktails and even non-alcoholic libations. View past columns here.

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Radio & Video

Michigan Radio

From 1996 to 2023 Tammy appeared regularly on Michigan Radio’s Stateside program, talking with host Lester Graham about cocktails with a Michigan twist. Listen to those segments here.

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Facebook Videos

Check out Tammy’s Facebook page for loads of video content! This includes a variety of Taste & Talk and Cocktail Demonstration videos as well as panel discussion, interviews and more. Watch videos here.

Press

Contact us to book Tammy for your interview, radio show, television show, or podcast.

The Best Spirits Shops in America, According to Pros

Wine Enthusiast, December 20, 2022

The Art of the Craft Cocktail

Edible WOW, November 10, 2021

Shaking or Stirring with Tammy Coxen

The Best Advice Show podcast, September 17, 2021

Homemade Drinks Enjoying Increasing Popularity

The Buttonwood Tree, April 27, 2021

Lecturer comes up with creative pandemic diversion

The University Record, March 29, 2021

A New Year to Remember: Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Epic Zoom New Year’s Party

The Detroit Jewish News, January 1, 2021

Tammy Coxen of Tammy’s Tastings: From Census Data to Craft Cocktails

The Verse, December 27, 2020

After this year to end all years I truly believe we could all use a well-crafted cocktail

saramoulton.com, December 18, 2020

Maize Graze: Cocktail Time

Michigan Alumnus, December 2020

The State That Quietly Became the Midwest’s Craft Spirits Capital

Wine Enthusiast, November 30, 2020

Go Exploring with 100 Things to Do in Ann Arbor Before You Die

The Sun Times News, November 14, 2020

Small Biz Saturday: Tammy’s Tastings takes cocktail classes online

ClickOnDetroit/All About Ann Arbor, August 1, 2020

New book salutes Michigan cocktail culture

The Detroit News, December 27, 2019

New Book ‘Cheers to Michigan’ Explores State’s Cocktail Culture, Booze Legacy

Daily Detroit, September 25, 2019

May it Please the Palate: Cheers to Michigan

Detroit Legal News, September 23, 2019

The ultimate Ann Arbor-area holiday gift guide

Mlive.com, December 11, 2014

Taste education goes ‘Beyond Buzzwords’ with Tammy Coxen

The Ann Arbor News, August 1, 2012

Shhh! Underground Supper Clubs

Concentrate, August 24, 2011