Mai Tai
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The Mai Tai is a cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the quintessential cocktails in Tiki culture.[1] Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic’s, in Oakland, California.[2] Trader Vic’s forerunner, Donn Beach, claimed to have instead first created it in 1933, although a longtime colleague said that Beach was actually just alleging that the Mai Tai was based on his Q.B. Cooler cocktail.[3][4][5] Don the Beachcomber’s recipe is more complex than Vic’s and some believe it tastes quite different.[6][7] Others believe that, despite the difference in ingredients, they taste quite similar.[8][9] The name was allegedly taken from maita’i, the Tahitian word for “good” or “excellence”, although the drink is usually spelled as two words, sometimes hyphenated or capitalized.[10][11]
- Ingredients
- – 3 cL (6 Teaspoons) Amber Jamaican Rum
- – 3 cL (6 Teaspoons) Martinique Molasses Rum
- – 1.5 cL (3 Teaspoons) Orange Curaçao
- – 1.5 cL (3 Teaspoons) Orgeat syrup
- – 3 cL (6 Teaspoons) Lime Juice
- – 0.75 cL (1.5 Teaspoons) Simple Syrup
- Garnish
- – Spearmint Leaves
- – Lime Shell
- Preparation
- 1.) Put ice into the shaker
- 2.) Pour all ingredients shaker
- 3.) Shake well
- 4.) Pour contents into an Old Fashioned glass
- 5.) Garnish with a Spearmint leaves and Lime Shells
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