Name: Totally Tropical Mai Tai
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Pineapple rum; 22.5 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Tropical curaçao liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 7.5 ml Amaretto liqueur; 7.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 2.5 ml Pimento dram; 8 drop Daiquiri bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Glass:

Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Pineapple rum
³⁄₄ fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ferrand Tropical Dry Curaçao
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Adriatico Amaretto Liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
8 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s optional

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of fruit stick (skewered pineapple cubes and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry) and mint sprigs.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish:

Garnish with fruit stick and mint sprigs bouquet.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Review:

Rum-laced tropical flavours, gently enlivened with Caribbean all-spice pimento dram.

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History:

Created in March 2026 by yours truly.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Totally Tropical Mai Tai contains 265 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
20.42% alc./vol. (40.83° proof)
26.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

15th May at 13:33

Really sumptuous and delicious...and the bitters give it a nice sharp edge. Bravo. btw there appears to be a problem with the recipe specifying 2.5ml Allspice ground powder and the review referring to dram. We assumed that the recipe should be read as including 2.5ml Pimento Dram.

Simon Difford

15th May at 15:05

Many thanks, Simon. You assumed correctly! Should be 2.5ml Pimento Dram. Now corrected. I was too hasty when choosing from the options when uploading.