Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 cup crushed ice
• 1 lime
• 2 fluids ounces rum , such as 17-year old J. Wray & Nephew Jamaican rum
• 0.5 fluids ounce orgeat syrup , such as French Garnier Orgeat
• 0.5 fluids ounce orange Curaçao liqueur
• 0.25 fluids ounce rock candy syrup
• 1 cup ice cubes
• 1 sprig fresh mint

Instructions

1. 1

   Fill a rocks glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Freeze the glass.

2. 2

   Cut a strip of zest from lime with a peeler; set aside. Halve lime; juice both halves into a cocktail shaker.

3. 3

   Add rum, Orgeat, Curaçao, and rock candy syrup to the cocktail shaker; add 1 cup ice cubes. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted.

4. 4

   Place reserved lime zest into the chilled rocks glass; strain in mai tai mixture. Float mint sprig on edge of the glass.