Mai-tai邁泰

Name: Mai-tai 邁泰
Ingredients: Rum 60 ml; Orange Curacao 15 ml; Almond Syrup 15 ml; Lime Juice 30 ml; Syrup 7.5 ml

Flavour

Colour: Orange
Style: Long drink

Ingredients

Rum60 ml
Orange Curacao15 ml
Almond Syrup15 ml
Lime Juice30 ml
Syrup7.5 ml

Served

Glass: Rocks glass
Ice: Crushed ice
Garnish: Mint sprigLime wedge
Technique: Shake

Method

Shake the rum, orange curaçao, almond syrup, lime juice and syrup with ice, pour into a rocks glass packed with crushed ice and crown it with a lime wedge and a sprig of mint.

About this drink

Accounts differ. Victor Bergeron said he mixed it in Oakland in 1944 and named it for a Tahitian guest's verdict, maita'i — good; Donn Beach claimed an earlier version of his own. The original called for aged Jamaican rum.