Mai Tai (Original Trader Vic)
Trader Vic's 1944 original — so good a Tahitian woman allegedly cried 'Mai Tai — Roa Ae!' (Out of this world!)
Served in a Double Old Fashioned glass · Garnish: Spent lime shell, mint sprig, maraschino cherry · Difficulty: medium
Ingredients
- 2 oz Aged Rum (Jamaican)
- 0.75 oz Orange Curaçao
- 0.5 oz Orgeat
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.25 oz Rock Candy Syrup
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker with crushed ice.
- Shake well and pour unstrained into a double old fashioned glass.
- Add more crushed ice to fill.
- Garnish with the spent lime shell, mint sprig, and cherry.