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Mai Tai

'Out of this world.'

Glassware
Rocks
Method
shake
Difficulty
medium

Ingredients

  • spirit

    Lightly aged rum with subtle caramel and vanilla notes.

  • spirit

    High-ester funky rum with banana and overripe fruit notes.

  • fruit

    Always fresh-squeezed. Sharper than lemon, essential to tiki and tequila drinks.

  • syrup

    Almond-orange-flower syrup. Tiki staple.

  • liqueur

    Premium triple sec with a cleaner, sharper orange flavor.

Method

  1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with crushed ice.

  2. Shake briefly to chill — under-dilute.

  3. Pour, ice and all, into a rocks glass. Mound more crushed ice on top.

  4. Garnish with a fat mint bouquet and spent lime shell.

Garnish

  • Mint Sprig

About this drink

Trader Vic's 1944 invention. Two rums, lime, orgeat, orange curaçao. A real one is dry.

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