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Mai Tai Original Recipe


How To Make Mai Tai Original Recipe


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If you're looking for the best Mai Tai Original Recipe recipe, you can find it right here along with just about any other Mixed Drink Recipe from Crystal Mixer.From what's in a Mai Tai Original Recipe to its recommended drinkware, and exactly how to mix & how to make the Mai Tai Original Recipe drink, whether you're a bartender, mixologist, or just having DIY fun at your home, CrystalMixer has just about every drink and variation you need. This recipe version is made with these ingredients: light rum, gold rum, Orange Curacao liqueur, orgeat syrup, lime juice, dark rum. Some of the best well-known cocktails from the classics to the latest to not miss are the Cosmopolitan Cocktail, Daiquiri Cocktail, Espresso Martini, Gimlet, Manhattan Cocktail, Mojito, Moscow Mule, Negroni Cocktail, Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, and the Aperol Spritz.

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Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe

Mai Tai Original Recipe Ingredients


1 oz light rum
1 oz gold rum
1/2 oz Orange Curacao liqueur
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
1/2 oz lime juice
1 oz dark rum
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Serves / Yield: 1 serving
Ready in: 4 min
Nutrition: approximately 101 Calories
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Glass to use for the Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe


It's recommended drinkware to use is the Old Fashioned Glass for the Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe for best presentation.

Old Fashioned Glass
Old Fashioned Glass

Mai Tai Original Recipe Drink Recipe Instructions


Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe Preparation & Instructions:

Shake all ingredients except dark rum together. Strain over ice into old fashioned glass. Top with dark rum and maraschino cherry.


Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe Information


Invented in 1944 by Trader Vic Bergeron. He made rock candy and used the syrup from his rock candy in the first Mai Tai. When he served it everyone shouted "Mai Tai, Roa Ae!" Which means "out of this world, the best."

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Mai Tai Original Recipe Recipe Variations


Please note that there are many ways and variations to make Mai Tai Original Recipe. The Mai Tai Original Recipe recipe above is the most common way to make this drink, you can always improvise with your own twist and enjoy. You can also find many other variations of this drink on our website, just use our search to see more.

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