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The Mai Tai

5 from 2 votes
THE classic Tiki cocktail, should be a standard classic
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Servings: 1
Course: Cocktail
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ounces Jamaican pot still rum (if you can't find funky Jamaican rum, combine equal parts light and dark rum instead)
  • 1 ounce lime juice
  • 1 ounce curacao
  • ½ ounce almond syrup (orgeat or homemade as noted below)
  • 1 lime shell (from a half lime squeezed)
  • 1 mint sprig

Method
 

  1. Combine the fluids in a shaker. Add ice, shake till cold (10 shakes, or so). Strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime shell and mint.

Notes

Homemade almond syrup is superior to store-bought Orgeat. To make it, combine 3 oz sugar in 3 oz unsweetened almond milk in a pan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow it to cool, then add ¼ teaspoon pure almond extract.