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Mai Tai Version 1
by MyBeverageGuide
Recipe & Ingredients
- 40 ml: Old Pascas White Rum (white rum)
- 10 ml: Cointreau (orange liqueur)
- 10 ml: The Bitter Truth Golden Falernum Liqueur (herbal liqueur)
- 10 ml: Wray &Amp; Nephew White Overproof Rum (overproof rum)
- 15 ml: Plantation Rum O.f.t.d. (overproof rum)
- 5 ml: Simple Syrup (sugar syrup)
- 15 ml: Giffard Orgeat (almond syrup)
- 40 ml: Lemon Juice Fresh (citrus juice)
Preparation
ice cubes for the serving glass
Technique
Garnish
- 2x mint sprigs, Place the sprig inside the glass.
Drink Description
Mixing Instructions
Detailed Recipe Instructions
Mixing Tips
General
- Try to use cold liquids to mix the drink. It will give you more control over the dilution.
- Start with the cheapest ingredients (the syrup) first.
- It might be helpful to add in the beginning lesser syrup. You can constantly adjust the sweetness after shaking the cocktail.
Glassware
- A chilled glass keeps your drink longer and more enjoyable. Your used ice will melt slower, and the taste will stay longer.
Mise en Place
ice cubes for shaking
ice cubes for the serving glass
Jigger
Cocktail Shaker
Hawthorne Strainer
2x mint sprigs
Editor Recipe Notes
The question is, how many Mai Tai recipes are out there in the world? How many different Rums are available? How many other recipes could you mix? Is there an authentic way to mix a Mai Tai cocktail?
Actually, I don’t have an answer to those questions. I can tell you that we tried many different recipes, and this one is a good one. It’s not too boozy, not too sour, not too sweet.
We used Orgeat and mixed it with regular simple syrup. The taste of the Orgeat might be otherwise too dominant and sweet.
We use Lemon Juice. And there is nothing wrong with it. In the end, to give some more Lime flavor, you could also shake a lime peel with the drink. It’s always just a preference, and I would not carve it in stone that Lime Juice is a must.
What we do, we mix the Sugar and all the Lueuqor together and keep them refrigerated. Then once a drink is ordered, we mix it with fresh juice.
The Liquor mix will be stable for a long time. And once you use a chilled mixture, you also have more control over the drink’s dilution.
Essential Infos
Mai Tai Version 1
Style:
Mai Tai
Bar Technique:
shake
strain
white rum
orange liqueur
herbal liqueur
overproof rum
overproof rum
sugar syrup
almond syrup
citrus juice
Garnish:
mint sprigs
Color:
dusty orange
Flavour and Texture
lime
high ester
almond
oak
high ester
almond
aggressive
dense
fresh