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Mai Tai (Trader Vic's)
A Mai Tai is basically a Daiquiri based on aged rum, with orange curaçao liqueur and orgeat syrup contributing to its flavour and sweetness. Trader Vic's...
Terry Brennan
22nd September at 23:29
Per Theo Clark's comment below, I made with 1.5 oz of Appleton Estate and 1/2 oz of Plantation overproof rum. An extremely well-balanced cocktail, both in between sweet / sour and gentle / boozy. I also doubled the sugar syrup as mine was 1:1
16th August at 06:57
I do this with 1.5 ounces of Jamaican rum, and half an ounce of Wray & nephew overproof white rum and it is one of the most dangerously enjoyable cocktails I have ever made. I mixed 7 of these over the last five days of a beach vacation and cannot recommend it enough. The overproof rum makes it sparkle like nothing else.
11th August at 20:41
Outstanding! I totally get how and why folks got hammered and laid around drinking these! I hybridized this recipe w/ Difford's version, adding a mix Gosling's 151 and Plantation Rum, plus a 1/4 oz each of Amaretto and Falernum to boost the Carribean and nutty notes.
22nd June at 23:38
Not entirely sold on the recipe's construction - it's grabbing a Havana 7 Year by default instead of a Jamaican which is a real shame. Local rum supplies vary with the weather, but I reacquainted myself using Myer's Rum, that Jamaican pot still rum bottled like it's still the 1800s in a squat square bottle that could just as easily have contained Snake Oil. Delicious. Cut right through all the dilution that limes and crushed ice could muster. Trader Vic was a genius.
21st June at 00:21
Just made this against n with Denizen Rum, a replica of the original Wray & Nephew. Really good.
26th December 2023 at 05:24
Week 4 & final quest for a better "mai tai": Omit curacao and simple syrup, do instead 20ML lime,orgeat syrup,passion fruit puree.
The outcome is delicious balanced richness. With this I finish my experimentation with Mai tais. The original felt flat and thus lead to one of my top 5 ever for sure. Maybe id try Diffords mai tais recipe if i ever get all the ingredients but for now these 2 Rifts will serve me well. Tip of the hat to Trade Vic.
The outcome is delicious balanced richness. With this I finish my experimentation with Mai tais. The original felt flat and thus lead to one of my top 5 ever for sure. Maybe id try Diffords mai tais recipe if i ever get all the ingredients but for now these 2 Rifts will serve me well. Tip of the hat to Trade Vic.
15th December 2023 at 21:09
40 ML RUM EL DORADO 12 | 15ML GRAND MARINER |25ML orgeat, no simply syrup| 22ml Lime = Opulant MAI TAI
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The coming of the cognac based Grand M. and the aged rum results in a deliquecy carried the orgeat and balanced by the lime.
10/10 expensive but def. making more !
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The coming of the cognac based Grand M. and the aged rum results in a deliquecy carried the orgeat and balanced by the lime.
10/10 expensive but def. making more !
7th July at 17:11
for a less sweet drink consider 15ml orgeat instead of 25. for my Personal taste i concluded on 17.5ML as my final recipe.
5th December 2023 at 21:01
25ml orgeat syrup no sugar syrup for me, makes for a richer drink, and this stuff expires quick. USE IT.