Servings

• Amber rum

  • Appleton Estate
  • Bacardi
  • Barbancourt
  • Captain Morgan
  • Cockspur *****
  • Havana
  • Mount Gay
  • Ron Varadero
  • Saint James
• 30 ml (1 oz.) amber rum

• White rum

  • Bacardi
  • Captain Morgan
  • Carioca
  • Havana
  • Lamb's
• 20 ml (2/3 oz.) white rum
• 15 ml (1/2 oz.) lime juice
• 10 ml (1/3 oz.) cane syrup (
  simple syrup
  )

• Citrus liqueur

  • Cointreau
  • Grand Marnier
  • Meagher
  • Meaghers
  • PremiXXX
• Splash of citrus liqueur
• 3 or 4 crushed ice cubes
• 1 wedge of lime
• 1 sprig fresh mint

1. 1 Combine crushed ice and ingredients except lime and mint in a shaker.
2. 2 Shake vigorously for 8 to 10 seconds.
3. 3 Pour into an old-fashioned glass.
4. 4 Garnish with lime wedge.
5. 5 Add sprig of mint.

To recreate the original taste of the Mai Tai, use barley syrup instead of simple syrup.

Did you know

The Mai Tai was invented in 1944 by Victor J. “Trader Vic” Bergeron, in his tiki restaurant in California. Using Jamaican rum as his base, he combined it with lime and added a subtle hint of almond. Upon tasting this new drink, two of his friends exclaimed “mai tai,” a Tahitian expression meaning “the best of them all.”

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