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Mai Tai

Summer · Tiki/tropical

4.7 132 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Aged rum (6-10yr)
1 oz Pineapple rum
1/2 oz Orange Curaçao
3/4 oz Lime juice
1/4 oz Orgeat syrup
1/4 oz Amaretto liqueur
1/4 oz Falernum liqueur
1/12 oz White crème de menthe
2 dash Absinthe
2 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of half lime shell, mint sprigs and fruit stick (skewered pineapple cubes and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry).

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with lime shell, mint sprigs bouquet and fruit stick.

Flavour profile

20.3% alc./vol. · 1.9 standard drinks · 271 calories

History

This is basically a classic Daiquiri with orange curaçao, lime juice, almond syrup, amaretto, falernum, white crème de menthe, and absinthe.

This is an adaptation of the original 1944 Mai Tai cocktail created by Victor Bergeron, also known as Trader Vic.