Recipes Nugget Markets Signature Recipes
Classic Mai Tai
- Prep time
- 5 minutes PT5M
- Cook time
- N/A PT0
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Difficulty
Maita’i Roe A’e—or Mai Tai for short —roughly translated means '"the best"! Simple and timeless, a true classic Mai Tai features tropical flavors of rum, curaçao and lime juice.
Ingredients
- 1½ ounces aged rum
- ½ ounce orange curaçao
- ½ ounce orgeat
- ½ ounce cane simple syrup
- Juice of ½ lime
- Lime wedge for garnish
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for about 10 seconds. Strain into cocktail glass filled with ice and garnish with lime wedge.
To make cane simple syrup, combine equal parts cane sugar and hot water. Stir until dissolved and cool.