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Mai Tai

IBA official cocktail, Contemporary Classics. Rum based, shaken, served in a rocks glass.

Trader Vic, Oakland, 1944. Nothing about the original was blue.

Ingredients

Jamaican rum30 ml (1 oz)
Martinique rhum agricole30 ml (1 oz)
Orange curaçao15 ml (½ oz)
Orgeat15 ml (½ oz)
Lime juice30 ml (1 oz)
Simple syrup7.5 ml (¼ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Add everything to a shaker and fill with ice.
  2. Shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with mint sprig and a lime shell.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Crushed
Garnish
Mint sprig and a lime shell
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