The single-serving recipe for Trader Vic’s classic of the tiki movement.
Mai Tai
Spirit
Rum
Cocktail family
Tropical
Flavors
Makes
Ingredients
- 2 oz Denizen Merchant Reserve Rum
- 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Orange Curaçao
- 1 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz Orgeat
- 1/4 oz Simple Syrup
Method
- Combine all ingredients in tin, then whip- shake with a half-handful of crushed ice.
- Strain into a double old-fashioned glass or tiki mug over fresh crushed ice.
- Garnish with a sprig of (bruised) mint and drop in one of the lime halves.
Equipment
- Shaker
- Hawthorne Strainer
Glass
Rocks