Hegenderfer House of Cocktails

Mai Tai

sour · rum

A tiki drink that drinks more like a rum sour than the fruit punch most people got at a resort. Two rums split the work and the almond syrup only rounds the edges, so measure it light. Leave the umbrella in the drawer.

Mai Tai

Ingredients

  • 1 ozAged Jamaican rum
  • 1 ozAged rhum agricole — Martinique
  • 1 ozFresh lime juice
  • ½ ozOrange curaçao
  • ¼ ozOrgeat
  • ¼ ozSimple syrup — 1:1

Garnish

Spent lime shell and a sprig of fresh mint

Method

Shake everything hard with crushed ice. Pour it all, ice included, into a double rocks glass. Drop in a spent lime shell and set a sprig of fresh mint at the edge.

Mai Tai — Hegenderfer House of Cocktails