Cocktail recipe

Mai Tai

Glass
Rocks
Method
Shaken
Served
Crushed ice
Garnish
Mint sprig, lime shell
Base
Rum
Mai Tai in a rocks glass

Ingredients

  • Aged rum60 ml
  • Triple sec15 ml
  • Orgeat syrup15 ml
  • Lime juice30 ml
  • Sugar syrup7.5 ml

Method

Shake with ice and strain over crushed ice.

Flavour profile

StrengthMedium strength
LightBoozy
Sweet to sourLeans dry or sour
SweetSour or dry

Worked out from the ingredients and their proportions, after dilution: about 19.1% alcohol by volume. An estimate, not a lab reading.

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