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This Trader Vic mai tai cocktail recipe is named after the inventor of the mai tai cocktail, which was a California restaurateur known as Trader Vic. 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.

Prep

14 min

Cook

22 min

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

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 Fill a rocks glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Freeze the glass.
2 Cut a strip of zest from lime with a peeler; set aside. Halve lime; juice both halves into a cocktail shaker.
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 Place reserved lime zest into the chilled rocks glass; strain in mai tai mixture. Float mint sprig on edge of the glass.

Nutrition per serving

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