American
Mai Tai
A rum-forward 1940s-style Mai Tai—lime, orange curaçao, and almond orgeat, with no pineapple or orange juice masking the aged rum.
1 servings · 8 minutes prep
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 ounce (30 ml) aged Jamaican rum
- 1 ounce (30 ml) aged Martinique molasses rum
- 3/4 ounce (22 ml) fresh lime juice
- 1/2 ounce (15 ml) orange curaçao
- 1/2 ounce (15 ml) orgeat
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) rich simple syrup, optional
- 1 fresh mint sprig
- 1 spent lime half
- 1 1/2 cups (210 g) crushed ice, plus more to mound
Directions
Method
- Shake all liquid ingredients with crushed ice for 10 seconds.
- Pour unstrained into a double rocks glass and mound with more crushed ice.
- Garnish with the lime shell and a slapped mint sprig.
