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This cocktail calls for Liber & Co. Almond Orgeat Syrup and Liber & Co. Demerara Gum Syrup. We use and stock them, made by Liber & Co. in Texas from real ingredients.
Mai Tai
The cocktail that defined tiki. Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron created the Mai Tai at his Oakland bar in 1944, and legend says a Tahitian friend took one sip and declared it “maita’i roa ae”, out of this world. This is the original spec: two rums, fresh lime, orange curaçao and orgeat.
Ingredients
- 30 ml Aged Jamaican rum
- 30 ml Aged rhum agricole or a second aged rum
- 22.5 ml Fresh lime juice
- 15 ml Orange curaçao
- 15 ml Orgeat
- 7.5 ml Demerara gum syrup
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a shaker with a scoop of crushed ice.
- Shake hard for about 10 seconds.
- Pour everything, ice included, into a double rocks glass and top up with more crushed ice.
- Garnish with the spent lime shell and a fresh sprig of mint.
