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Mai Tai

Two rums with lime, orange curaçao and almond orgeat. Nutty, tart and rum-forward, not fruit punch.

Strength
≈ 14% ABV
Calories
≈ 242
Glass
Rocks glass
Method
Shaken

The recipe

How to make it

  1. 1Shake everything with ice.
  2. 2Pour into a double rocks glass or a highball.

Garnish: A pineapple spear, mint leaves and lime peel.

The second rum is a molasses rum from Martinique, not a rhum agricole.

The ratio

2 : 2 : 1 : 1 : 2 : ½

In parts, a Mai Tai is 2 rum, 2 rum, 1 Curaçao, 1 orgeat, 2 lime and ½ syrup. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

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