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Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail
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Prep Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
5 minutes
Iconic Mai Tai cocktail: Rum, curaçao, syrup, lime juice. Trader Vic's creation, California classic.
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup crushed ice
  • 2 fluid ounces 17-year old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum
  • 0.5 fluid ounce French Garnier Orgeat
  • 0.5 fluid ounce orange Curacao liqueur
  • 0.25 fluid ounce rock candy syrup
  • 1 cup ice
  • 1 sprig fresh mint
Instructions:
  • Fill a chilled rocks glass with 1 cup of crushed ice and keep it in the freezer.
  • Cut a lime in half and squeeze both halves into a cocktail shaker. Save one rind for garnishing and discard the other.
  • Combine rum, orgeat, curaçao, and rock candy syrup in the cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup of ice, cover tightly, and shake vigorously until well chilled.
  • Put the lime rind in the chilled rocks glass, then pour in the mai tai and garnish by floating a mint sprig on the edge of the glass.