Mai Tai
The king of Tiki drinks. Complex, nutty, and tropical.
ClassicTropicalNuttyComplex
Ingredients
- Rum2 oz (60 ml)
- Lime Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Cointreau0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Orgeat0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Mint LeavesSprig
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients except dark rum float.
- Pour into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice.
- Float dark rum on top.
- Garnish with mint.
Glass: Rocks
May contain: Tree Nuts (Almonds). Always check your own bottles.
History
The Mai Tai was created by Victor 'Trader Vic' Bergeron at his Oakland restaurant in 1944. He served his blend of aged Jamaican rum, lime, orgeat and curaçao to visiting Tahitian friends, one of whom exclaimed 'Maita'i roa ae!' — 'out of this world, the very best.' Rival tiki impresario Don the Beachcomber claimed an earlier 1933 creation, and the two feuded over it for years.
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