“Mai Tai” is an alcoholic cocktail with a strength of 27 degrees with a sweetish, but not cloying taste. He appeared at the height of the fashion for tropical spirits and quickly won the love of Americans, and then Europeans. Now, together with Mojito and Daiquiri, “Mai Tai” is considered an integral part of the island exotic.
Historical reference. The May Tai cocktail was invented in 1944 by Trader Vic, the owner of the American chain of Polynesian-style restaurants. The name comes from visitors from Tahiti. Having tasted the drink for the first time, they said: “Mai tai roa ae”, which in Tahitian means “excellent (good)”. In 1987, “Mai Tai” was included in the collection of cocktails IBA (International Bartenders Association).
According to the author’s plan, Mai Tai was to be the best tropical cocktail made from available ingredients, which reduced its price and made it accessible to most visitors. Cheap Jamaican rum was used as an alcoholic base, which at that time was part of most rum cocktails served in drinking establishments in the United States.
Several decades later, rum and other ingredients of the drink have risen significantly in price. Now “Mai Tai” is considered one of the most expensive cocktails in Europe. In respectable bars, you will have to pay 6-9 euros for one serving. Therefore, it is better to cook it at home.
Composition and proportions:
- white rum – 40 ml;
- black rum – 20 ml;
- orange liqueur – 15 ml;
- lime juice – 15 ml;
- almond syrup – 10 ml.
- ice;
- pineapple wedge, mint sprig, and cocktail cherry (optional).
Mai Tai cocktail recipe
1. Fill a highball (270 ml tall beaker) with ice cubes.
2. Mix light rum, orange liqueur, lime (lemon) juice and almond syrup in a shaker.
3. Replace crushed ice cubes.
4. Pour the contents of the shaker into a glass.
5. Add black rum.
6. Decorate the resulting cocktail with a pineapple wedge, a mint sprig and a cherry.
7. Drink slowly through a straw.
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