Trader Vic's original Mai Tai - Masterclass

As it’s inventor, Trader Vic supposedly said, ‘you have more fun with a flower behind your ear, a Mai Tai in your hand, and good friends’.

Building on the Make it Quick episode from last week, here is an in depth Mai Tai masterclass that delves into the historical background of the drink, what ingredients you want to make a great one and a few other tips and tricks to lift your tiki game!

Specs:
60ml (2oz) dark rum
25ml (5/6oz) fresh lime juice
15ml (1/2oz) triple sec or curacao
10ml (1/4oz) orgeat syrup*
5-10ml (1/4oz) rich demerara sugar syrup**
Spent lime husk
Mint sprig to garnish

Equipment:
A jigger
Shaker tins
A rocks glass (or something similar shaped and fun in the tiki spirit!)
A straw

Squeeze your lime juice, and keep one of the half husks. In to your shaker tin add all of the ingredients except the mint- you don’t want minty flavour in the cocktail, just the aroma from the garnish. Similarly, some people like to add the lime husk in to the tin while shaking, but I feel that the smell of the oils from the garnish is enough. Fill your tin with ice, seal and shake as hard as you can. I like to serve this drink as a ‘shake and dump’, that is with no strainers. It is a no fuss beach drink, after all! Just pour the entire contents of your shaker tin in to your rocks glass, garnish to look like a tropical island, and enjoy!

The Mai Tai - So now you know.

*
A great Orgeat recipe from Serious Eats
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/11/how-to-make-orgeat-recipe-almond-syrup-for-cocktails.html

**
Rich means that the syrup is made with 2 parts sugar to 1 part water, as opposed to the usual equal parts.
You may notice that, unusually, the ‘sweet’ elements of this drink add up to a little more than the ‘sour’ element, the lime juice. This is because if you are using good quality ingredients, the orgeat and curacao will both actually have a fairly dry finish, so the drink can be a little sweet and tropical up front but finishes really dry and refreshing. The demerara also adds another aspect to the drink, really supporting the rum rather than just being straight sugary sweetness. That said, you can definitely make this drink without it- just up the orgeat to 15ml and it will be a but nuttier!
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