The Best Mai Tai Recipes

THE ORIGINAL MAI TAI

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Here's how to make the original Mai Tai recipe! Gather the ingredients for this tropical rum drink that's as complex as it is fruity.

Provided by Sonja Overhiser

Categories Drink

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) aged rum
1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) orange liqueur: Curaçao, Cointreau or Grand Marnier
3/4 ounce (1 1/2 tablespoons) lime juice
1 ounce (2 tablespoons) orgeat syrup
1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) dark rum
For the garnish: Fresh mint, cocktail cherry, pineapple slice, lime wedge

Steps:

Place the aged rum, orange liqueur, lime juice, and orgeat syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until cold.
Strain the drink into an ice-filled glass. Top with the dark rum. Garnish with fresh mint, a lime wedge, cocktail cherry and pineapple slice.

THE BEST MAI TAI

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Make and share this The Best Mai Tai recipe from Food.com.

Provided by petlover

Categories Beverages

Time 5m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces dark rum
3/4 ounce light rum
1/2 ounce Grand Marnier
1/2 ounce simple syrup
one lemon, juiced
one lime, juiced
1 orange, juiced
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/2 teaspoon grenadine

Steps:

mix it all together and shake over ice
strain into tall iced filled glass.
serve with citrus wedges.

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