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Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 10 Minutes
Servings: 1
He served the rum and juice cocktail to friends visiting from Tahiti, who exclaimed, 'Maita'i roa ae. ' The term translates to 'very good' and the name mai tai stuck.
Ingredients:
1 cup crushed ice
2 fluid ounces 17-year old j. wray nephew jamaican rum
1/2 fluid ounce french garnier orgeat
1/2 fluid ounce orange curacao liqueur
1/4 fluid ounce rock candy syrup
1 lime, juiced
1 cup ice
1 sprig fresh mint
Directions:
1. Fill a rocks glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Set aside in the freezer.
2. Combine rum, orgeat, orange Curacao, rock candy syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled rocks glass.
3. Garnish with half of the lime shell inside the drink and float a sprig of fresh mint on the edge of the glass.
By RecipeOfHealth.com