Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail

This Trader Vic Mai Tai cocktail recipe is made with rum, curaçao, syrup, and lime juice, creating a refreshing cocktail that transports you to Tahiti.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 5 mins
• Calories: 255 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup crushed ice
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 sprig fresh mint
• 1 cup ice
• 2 fluid ounces 17-year old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum
• 0.5 fluid ounce French Garnier Orgeat
• 0.5 fluid ounce orange Curacao liqueur
• 0.25 fluid ounce rock candy syrup

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Fill a rocks glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Freeze the glass.

Step 2

Cut a strip of zest from lime with a peeler; set aside. Halve lime; juice both halves into a cocktail shaker.

Step 3

Add rum, Orgeat, Curaçao, and rock candy syrup to the cocktail shaker; add 1 cup ice cubes. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted.

Step 4

Place reserved lime zest into the chilled rocks glass; strain in mai tai mixture. Float mint sprig on edge of the glass.