How To Make the Original Mai Tai #1 Tiki Recipe

Cocktail Drink Recipes

Jul 05

Watch the video above for a full step by step explanation about how to make the original Mai Tai tiki drink recipe

The Mai Tai was created by "Trader Vic" Bergeron in the 1940's, at his restaruant in Oakland California. However, it wasn't until the drink was famously featured in the Elvis Presley movie Blue Hawaii, that the Mai Tai was really put on the map.

How to make an Original Mai Tai tiki cocktail:

  • Short glass
  • In mixing tin with ice, add ingredients
  • 1/2 - 3/4 oz of fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 oz or less rock candy (or simple) syrup
  • 1/4 oz Orgeat syrup
  • 2 oz. Aged rum
  • 1/2 oz. Orange Curaçao
  • Shake all ingredients together lightly
  • Pour into your glass
  • Lime peel garnish (mint optional)


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Jason Shurtz is the Creator and Founder of The Bartending Blueprint website and the BartendingPro YouTube Channel and has over 15 years experience as a bartender and bar manager in some of the busiest bars in Southern California. When he's not working behind the bar, Jason can be found chasing large surf and bottomless powder days around the globe.

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