Mai Tai
Enjoy your refreshing Mai Tai cocktail! Adjust the sweetness or tartness to your preference by adding more or less simple syrup and lime juice.
Ingredients
- 2 oz 60 ml aged rum
- 3/4 oz 22 ml fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz 15 ml orange liqueur (such as triple sec or Curaçao)
- 1/4 oz 7.5 ml orgeat syrup
- 1/4 oz 7.5 ml simple syrup (optional, depending on your preference for sweetness)
- Mint sprig pineapple wedge, and/or maraschino cherry for garnish
- Crushed ice
Instructions
- Fill a shaker or mixing glass with crushed ice.
- Add the aged rum, fresh lime juice, orange liqueur, orgeat syrup, and simple syrup (if using) to the shaker.
- Shake the ingredients vigorously until well chilled.
- Fill a tiki glass or highball glass with crushed ice.
- Strain the cocktail into the prepared glass over the crushed ice.
- Garnish with a mint sprig, pineapple wedge, and/or maraschino cherry.
- Optionally, you can add a straw for sipping.