🌺 Mai Tai

"Maita'i roa ae!" – The king of tiki drinks

🍹 Tiki Classic

Ingredients

1 oz Aged Jamaican rum
1 oz Rhum agricole (or aged rum)
¾ oz Fresh lime juice
½ oz Orange curaçao
½ oz Orgeat (almond syrup)
¼ oz Simple syrup
1 Mint sprig + spent lime shell (for garnish)

Instructions

Add both rums, lime juice, curaçao, orgeat, and simple syrup to a shaker.
Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice.
Garnish with a mint sprig and the spent lime shell.

Pro Tips

📜 The Battle

Victor Bergeron (Trader Vic's) and Don the Beachcomber both claimed to invent the Mai Tai. Trader Vic's 1944 recipe became the standard. "Maita'i" is Tahitian for "good."

🍯 Orgeat is Key

This almond-flavored syrup is essential. Don't substitute amaretto – it's too boozy and sweet. Small Hand Foods or homemade orgeat makes a difference.

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