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Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe
A citrusy, refreshing cocktail with classic Hawaiian appeal. Learn How To Make A Mai Tai the right way + the Mexican Mai Tai!
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 1 drink
Calories: 183 kcal
Course:
Drinks
Cuisine:
American , Mexican , Caribbean
Ingredients
- 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
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.
Cup of Yum
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
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%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1drink
Amount Per Serving
Calories 183
% Daily Value*
| 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% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.