I beg your pardon but the original Mai Tai from Trader Vic is as follows;
Buid the drink in the double-old fashioned glass
1oz light rum
1oz aged amber rum
1/2 oz Orgeat syrup
1/2 oz orange cuacao
1/2 oz FRESH lime juice
add crushed ice and shake.
top with 1oz dark rum
There is no pineapple juice or grenidine syrup in a real mai tai. If you use bottled lime juice you wll distroy the drink. If you want a trader vic bartender to make it this way you must ask for it "California" style
My recipe is not entirely corect because the original 17 year rhum is no longer available but I love using either the Pyrat or the Appleton Estate VX. It makes for a complimentary drink.Did you hear him pronounce the Orgeat as "Orsat"? Its pronounced (Or-jaey) French. This guy should be fired! He's puting too much lime juice in to compensate for too much sweet syrup! Gaaaaaaaah!
NICE! I was actually drinking a Mai Tai made with Appleton Estates V/X . I find it the best rum to use in a Mai Tai. About the pronounciation of Orgeat...ugh. I cringe when I hear people pronouce it incorrectly. I hear people say "or-geet" with a heavy G. Crazy. I buy mine from Finest call. great stuff...
Finest Call are excelent mixers. My wife won't have a vodka collins made from any other sweet and sour but Finest Call. She even likes it better than hand made. Go figure but, hey, it saves me the effort. I did find the best mixer for bloody marys. Dr. Swami & Bone Daddy's bloody mary mix - all natural, made from scratch. Honestly, I just couldn't believe how good this is.
Looks like we're thinking along the same line here.
Lance, go run 10 miles and stop drinking the booze.
Coach Mouser
BluebonnetGames 1 year ago
Anyway, this is NOT the old school old style mai tai! HE'S USING A MIX FOR CHRIST SAKE!
PhilPoling 2 years ago
I beg your pardon but the original Mai Tai from Trader Vic is as follows;
Buid the drink in the double-old fashioned glass
1oz light rum
1oz aged amber rum
1/2 oz Orgeat syrup
1/2 oz orange cuacao
1/2 oz FRESH lime juice
add crushed ice and shake.
top with 1oz dark rum
There is no pineapple juice or grenidine syrup in a real mai tai. If you use bottled lime juice you wll distroy the drink. If you want a trader vic bartender to make it this way you must ask for it "California" style
PhilPoling 2 years ago 2
I was in shock when I heard the bartender say there was pineapple juice, grenadine in the drink...your recipe is correct.
TSOfan 2 years ago
My recipe is not entirely corect because the original 17 year rhum is no longer available but I love using either the Pyrat or the Appleton Estate VX. It makes for a complimentary drink.Did you hear him pronounce the Orgeat as "Orsat"? Its pronounced (Or-jaey) French. This guy should be fired! He's puting too much lime juice in to compensate for too much sweet syrup! Gaaaaaaaah!
PhilPoling 2 years ago
Although I love the Lemon Heart 151 the "old style" or the original should have planters punch dark rum floating on the top. What's up with this guy?
PhilPoling 2 years ago
NICE! I was actually drinking a Mai Tai made with Appleton Estates V/X . I find it the best rum to use in a Mai Tai. About the pronounciation of Orgeat...ugh. I cringe when I hear people pronouce it incorrectly. I hear people say "or-geet" with a heavy G. Crazy. I buy mine from Finest call. great stuff...
TSOfan 2 years ago
Finest Call are excelent mixers. My wife won't have a vodka collins made from any other sweet and sour but Finest Call. She even likes it better than hand made. Go figure but, hey, it saves me the effort. I did find the best mixer for bloody marys. Dr. Swami & Bone Daddy's bloody mary mix - all natural, made from scratch. Honestly, I just couldn't believe how good this is.
Looks like we're thinking along the same line here.
PhilPoling 2 years ago
Those are ridiculous. If you want to make a more authentic, minimal 50s mai tai you could do it at home without all the nonsense:
ice (crushed is better but whatever)
1oz light rum
1oz dark rum
.5-1oz orange curacao (to taste)
sweet and sour (lemonade)
toss in a cherry and a pineapple slice if you can and enjoy!
sorehand1978 2 years ago