Mai Tai Food

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Combine the rums, lime juice, orange liqueur, almond syrup, orange juice and pineapple juice in a mason jar and secure the lid. Shake well. Fill 4 rocks glasses with ice and pour over the mixture.
• Add a splash of cherry juice to each glass. Garnish with the cherries, wedges of fresh pineapple and mint leaves.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigourously and strain into large glass 1/3 full with crushed ice.
• Garnish with cherry or a favorite fruit using a drink spear.

THE ORIGINAL MAI TAI

Steps:

• Pour all the liquids into a cocktail shaker. Fill it with ice and shake for about 30 seconds. Pour it all into a 16-ounce double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with lime slice, pineapple, and mint sprig.

MAI TAI COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, rum, lime juice, Curaçao, orgeat, and cherry juice in a cocktail shaker.
• Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds.
• Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Top with dark rum, and garnish with mint, cherry, and pineapple.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 1 cup ice cubes, then strain into a glass filled with ice cubes.
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MAI TAI

Steps:

• Fill a 12 ounce glass with ice cubes.
• Pour in rum and amaretto.
• Fill remainder of glass with half orange juice and half pineapple juice.
• Add a splash of grenadine for color.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Pour the golden rum, curacao, orgeat, lime juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice cubes. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels really cold.
• Fill a tumbler with crushed ice then strain the cocktail over it. Slowly pour the dark rum over the top so it stains the top of the drink a rusty gold.
• Garnish with fruit like pineapple, lime and cocktail cherries if you like.