Minted 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.

MINTED MAI TAI

Steps:

• Stir lime juice, syrup and chopped mint leaves in heavy small saucepan over medium heat just until the mixture simmers. Cool.
• Strain syrup into pitcher.
• Add pineapple juice, orange juice and rum; stir to blend.
• Fill 6 tall glasses with ice.
• Pour mixture over.
• Garnish mai tais with fresh mint sprigs.

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

Steps:

• Combine the demerara sugar with 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 5 minutes. Transfer the demerara syrup to a small bowl and set aside to cool completely, about 15 minutes (see Cook's Note).
• Combine the lime juice, gold and light rums, orange curaçao, orgeat syrup, 1/4 ounce demerara syrup and 1 cup ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously until chilled, about 10 seconds. Pour the cocktail into an old fashioned or rocks glass. Stick the stem of the mint sprig into the center of the cut side of the spent lime half (it should look like a palm tree on a floating island). Place the garnish in the drink lime-side down.

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.

MINTED MAI TAI

Steps:

• Stir lime juice, syrup, and chopped mint leaves in heavy small saucepan over medium heat just until mixture simmers. Cool.
• Strain syrup into pitcher. Add pineapple juice, orange juice, and rum; stir to blend. Fill 6 tall glasses with ice. Pour juice mixture over. Garnish mai tais with fresh mint sprigs.

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.

MODERN MAI TAI

Steps:

• Shake rums, lime juice, cordial, and Curacao briefly in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a large tumbler over ice. Garnish with mint sprig (and an umbrella if desired).

ROYAL HAWAIIAN MAI TAI

Steps:

• Mix first 6 ingredients in pitcher.
• Fill 4 small glasses with ice.
• Pour rum mixture over; stir to blend.
• Garnish with pineapple and mint, if desired.
• Makes 4 servings.

MAI-TAI

Steps:

• Shake all liquid ingredients with ice. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

MAI TAI II

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.