Mai Tai
Probably the best known tiki drink, the Mai Tai is a delicious combination of rum, orange curacao, orgeat and lime. It's truly a tropical delight!
Servings: 2
- 1 1/2 oz. Fresh squeezed lime juice
- 1/2 oz. Simple syrup (use Demerara sugar, if possible)
- 1 oz. Orgeat syrup
- 1 oz. Cointreau
- 1 1/2 oz. Goslings Black Seal Rum (other dark rums can be substituted)
- 2 1/2 oz. Mount Gay Eclipse Rum (other aged rums can be substituted)
Shake vigorously with cubed ice.
Strain into double old-fashioned glass, filled with crushed ice. Garnish with your desired combination of mint, cherry, lime and orange wedge.