Make A Pretty Fly Mai Tai With This Simple Recipe
The Mai Tai is quite an elusive drink. Complex, and hard to get right, you won’t see many place advertising that their Mai Tai will be one of the best you’ve had. With this simple recipe, you can kiss goodbye the worry of ever having another poorly made Mai Tai. Sounds pretty perfect eh?
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| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Servings |
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces spiced rum
- 1 ounce coconut rum
- 1 tsp grenadine syrup
- 3 ounces pineapple juice
- 2 ounces orange juice
- pineapple slice for garnish
Ingredients
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Instructions
- In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the spiced rum, coconut rum, grenadine, pineapple juice and orange juice.
- Shake vigorously and strain into glass full of ice. Garnish with pineapple slice and there you have it!
I’m not sure there’s anything about that recipe that makes it even vaguely reminiscent of a Mai Tai!
It’s missing some powerfully flavoured rum (Jamaican for example), curaçao, and orgeat. There’s no lime – so there’s no opportunity for balance.