Name: Mai Tai (Difford's recipe)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years; 30 ml Rum - pineapple rum; 15 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Orgeat (almond) syrup (2:1); 7.5 ml Amaretto liqueur; 7.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 2.5 ml Crème de menthe (white); 2 Absinthe verte (green); 2 Saline solution 4:1

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Half lime shell, mint sprig and fruit stick (skewered pineapple cubes and Luxardo Maraschino cherry)

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice.

1 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 fl oz	Pineapple rum
1/2 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Giffard Orgeat Syrup
1/4 fl oz	Disaronno amaretto
1/4 fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
1/12 fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Giffard Orgeat Syrup – Nuts

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Review:

I love Daiquiris and this is basically a classic Daiquiri with a few bells and whistles: orange curaçao, lime juice, almond syrup, amaretto, falernum, white crème de menthe, and absinthe. A whopping ten ingredients but it's more an OTT than a "simple is beautiful" cocktail.

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Mai Tai (Trader Vic's)
Mai Tai (Beaumont-Gantt's)
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Bitter Mai Tai
Well-oiled Mai Tai

History:

My adaptation of Victor Bergeron's (AKA Trader Vic) original 1944 Mai Tai cocktail.

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Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
20.58% alc./vol. (41.16° proof)
25.3 grams of pure alcohol

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