Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail

“California restaurateur Trader Vic is credited with invention of the mai tai. He served the rum and juice cocktail to friends visiting from Tahiti, who exclaimed, ‘Maita’i roa ae!’ The term translates to ‘very good’ and the name mai tai stuck.”


Ingredients:


  • 1 cup

    crushed ice

  • 2 fluid ounces

    17-year old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum

  • 1/2 fluid ounce

    French Garnier Orgeat

  • 1/2 fluid ounce

    orange Curacao liqueur

  • 1/4 fluid ounce

    rock candy syrup

  • 1

    lime, juiced

  • 1 cup

    ice

  • 1 sprig

    fresh mint

Directions:


  • Fill rocks glass with 1 cup of crushed ice . Put in the freezer.

  • Combine rum , Orgeat, orange curacao , Rock Candy syrup and lime juice in a shaker . Add 1 cup of ice , cover and shake until chilled . Strain into a chilled rocks glass.

  • Garnish with lime half shell inside the drink and swim a sprig of fresh mint on the edge of the glass.


Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail

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