Mai Tai

Mai Tai

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Rum
  • Served
    Shaved or crushed ice
  • Standard garnish
    Pineapple spear
    Mint leaves, and lime peel
  • Standard drinkware
    Old fashioned glass
  • IBA specified ingredients
    4 parts amber jamaican rum
    4 parts martinique molasses rum
    2 parts orange curacao
    2 parts orgeat syrup
    4 parts fresh lime juice
    1 part simple syrup
  • Preparation
    Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
    Shake and pour into a double rocks glass or a highball glass.
  • Notes
    The martinique molasses rum used by Trader Vic was not an agricole rum but a type of “rummy” from molasses.

The mai tai is a cocktail made of rum, curacao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice.

It is one of the characteristic cocktails in tiki culture.

References
Mai Tai

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