Mai Tai Recipe: Tropical and Vibrant
Vibrant Mai Tai with rum, lime, and orgeat.
Ingredients
- 2 oz light rum
- 1 oz dark rum
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- ¾ oz orgeat syrup
- ½ oz orange curaçao or triple sec
- ½ oz simple syrup
- Ice
- Optional: Pineapple slices cherries, mint
- Suggested Pairings: Fruit skewers sparkling water
Instructions
- Heat 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water for simple syrup; cool.
- Juice limes for 1 oz juice per cocktail.
- Shake light rum, lime juice, orgeat, curaçao, and simple syrup with ice.
- Taste and adjust sweetness or tartness with syrup or lime.
- Strain over ice in chilled glasses; float dark rum on top.
- Serve in glasses or a white ceramic pitcher with pineapple, cherries, mint, and skewers.
Notes
- Use fresh lime juice for vibrancy.
- Store leftovers in the fridge for 2 days; don’t freeze.
- Try non-alcoholic variation.
- Pair with coconut shrimp.