Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

Name: Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 ounces aged pot still rum; 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice; 3/4 ounce Cointreau; 1/3 ounce rich simple syrup; 1/4 ounce orgeat; Garnishes: mint, lime, pineapple, marichino cherries

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Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings
1 drink
Calories
183 kcal
Course
Drinks
Cuisine
American, Mexican, Caribbean

Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

Gael Hudson

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A citrusy, refreshing cocktail with classic Hawaiian appeal. Learn How To Make A Mai Tai the right way + the Mexican Mai Tai!

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Ingredients

Servings

2 ounces aged pot still rum (or blended rum)
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3/4 ounce Cointreau (or orange curacao)
1/3 ounce rich simple syrup (2:1 sugar to water ratio)
1/4 ounce orgeat
Garnishes: mint, lime, pineapple, marichino cherries

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Instructions

Fill a shaker with 8 ounces ice. Add all the ingredients. Cover and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
Pour all the contents (including the ice) into a tiki mug or low ball glass. Mint and lime are the classic Mai Tai garnishes. However, pineapple and cherries are great when serving in tiki mugs.

Notes

MEXICAN MAI TAI VARIATION
1 1/2 ounces resposado tequila
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce orange curacao I like to use Cointreau Noir
1/2 ounce orgeat
Citrus salt
To make citrus salt, grate the zest of an orange and a lime with a microplane. Stir the zest into salt and let it sit for 10 minutes (to allow the oils from the citrus to coat the salt). .
Rim a rocks glass with the citrus salt. Shake the tequila, lime, curacao, and orgeat with ice and strain over ice into the salted glass.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1drink Calories 183kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 10g (3%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 1g (2%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 2mg (0%) Sugar 7g (14%) Vitamin C 6.4mg (7%)