What are the ingredients to make a Mai Tai?

Ingredients

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1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger spiced rum.
½ (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger coconut-flavored rum.
1 teaspoon grenadine syrup.
3 fluid ounces pineapple juice.
2 fluid ounces orange juice.
1 cup ice cubes.

What type of rum is used in a Mai Tai?

Jamaican Rum
Jamaican Rum and Martinique Rum. The original Mai Tai was made with a single long-aged Jamaican Rum. But these days you often see recipes calling for an ounce of Jamaican rum and an ounce of rum from Martinique.

How do you serve a Mai Tai?

On the rocks; poured over ice.Mai Tai / Served

What does a Mai Tai taste like?

A classic Mai Tai is a tart and strong cocktail, with a prominent rum flavor and a bit of orange and lime flavor on the backend. It’s not a particularly sweet cocktail, although you can change up the flavors a bit to your liking.

What alcohol is in Mai Tai?

RumMai Tai / Main alcohol

What is orgeat syrup substitute?

If you need a substitute for orgeat syrup then your best options are almond syrup, almond extract, amaretto, or Crème d’amade. To get a more authentic flavor you can make your own orgeat in minutes using everyday ingredients. Check out our recipe further down the page for a delicious homemade version.

What can I use instead of orgeat syrup?

Which dark rum is best for Mai Tai?

Best rums for a Mai Tai

Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry.
Hampden Estate 46.
Appleton Estate Signature.
Black Tot Finest Caribbean.
Trois Rivieres Cuvee de L’Ocean.

What do you garnish a Mai Tai with?

Lime peel
Pineapple spear
Mai Tai/Standard garnish

What alcohol is in a Mai Tai?

Can I use amaretto instead of orgeat?

Orgeat, a nutty floral syrup, works as a sweetener in mixed drinks, primarily of the tropical variety. Substitute amaretto, an almond-flavored liqueur, for orgeat to maintain the same flavor profile while giving the drink a more potent punch.

Is amaretto similar to orgeat?

Amaretto It is more bitter than orgeat syrup since it is made from apricot pits. The name means bitter. Therefore, you should always put it into your drink in measured quantities so that its taste will not overwhelm the beverage. If you add a bit of rose water to it, its taste closely resembles the orgeat syrup.

How do you make the perfect Mai Tai?

Shake at least 2 cups of crushed ice together with the ingredients in a shaker for 10 seconds.

Pour into a double tumbler without straining.

Garnish with sprig of mint and lime zest.

How to make the best Mai Tai?

Add all ingredients together except the Koala Dark Rum in a shaker.

Add a small amount of ice to the shaker and shake.

Fill your cocktail glass with ice and strain mixture into your glass.

Add the Koala Dark Rum floater on top.

Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a sprig of mint.

How to make a classic Mai Tai?

Add the white rum,curaçao,lime juice and orgeat into a shaker with crushed ice and shake lightly (about 3 seconds).

Pour into a double rocks glass.

Float the dark rum over the top.

Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.

How to make the original Mai Tai #1 Tiki recipe?

Combine light rum,dark rum,orange curacao,orgeat,lime juice,falernum,and cracked ice into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously (and we mean VIGOROUSLY,it truly makes the difference

Strain into an old fashioned glass over shaved ice.

Garnish with a mint sprig and a purple orchid.