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Tiki · Rum

Mai Tai

The tiki drink everyone gets wrong.

Aged rum, orange curaçao, orgeat and lime — Trader Vic's 1944 original had no pineapple, no umbrella, just balance.

Mai Tai — estudio

Ingredients

  • 30 ml
  • 30 ml
  • 15 ml
  • 15 ml
  • 30 ml
  • 7.5 ml

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Garnish

Garnish with pineapple spear, mint leaves and lime peel.

Method

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The lesson

Orgeat (almond syrup) is the secret: it adds body and nuttiness citrus can't. The right syrup is a load-bearing ingredient.

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