Our mezcal mai tai is wonderfully smokey, but you can still taste the rum and other flavors in this cocktail and that what makes it work so well. Shake and strain into a large oldfashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Tiki experienced blips of limited popularity in the 1990s, but it wasnt until the 2000s that tiki came back in a serious way. Despite dozens of fabulous drinks that have come out of tiki s golden age, the mai tai is far and away its poster child.
Here im committing tiki heresy and running counter to the notion of recipe authenticity. The mai tai is the king of tiki cocktails and one of the most enduring of all vintage cocktails, but like most classic drinks there is controversy over its origin while its reputation is tarnished by poor renditions. This is how i most often use jeffs recipes, via the total tiki app. This caroni is heavier and have a stronger character than the first one. Trader vic bergeron created this recipe, its considered the mai tai that everyone wants to have, the one that everyone wants to order, the one thats so hard to. First, ive had the extreme good fortune to be allowed a sneak peek at the new mai tai manifesto recipe book from tiki torches band members j. Traditional mai tai tiki cocktail recipe senior liqueur. Mai tai cocktail the cocktail spirit with robert hess small screen duration.
Add the remaining ingredients, except the cherries and shake until cold and frothy, 30 to 45 seconds. The mai tai started as a rum cocktail so popular it supposedly depleted world rum supplies in the 1940s and 50s. The mai tai is recommended for people who like the flavour of rum. A traditional mai tai is a simple, but well crafted, cocktail with just a few ingredients that enhance the taste of each other. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple and a maraschino cherry. This is a drink with a great story that explains its unusual name and it all began in 1944. Shake the mixture vigorously until the surface of the cocktail shaker feels chilled. Wray and nephew rum orange curacao, rock candy syrup sugar syrup 2. Mezcal mai tai 1 oz dark rum 1 oz mezcal 1 oz fresh lime juice 12 oz triple sec 12 oz agave syrup 14 oz orgeat we used giffard. Tiki parties remain a popular theme for many and the drinks below are the most popular cocktail for such an occasion.
Bartendingcocktailsmai tai wikibooks, open books for. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Mai tai cocktail recipe traditional mai tai recipe. A book adds rigor to the laidback world of tiki cocktails. Exotic cocktails, rum, and the cult of tiki amazon. Second, i had recently seen and heard them play at my first texas tiki roundup and was instantly smitten with their look and soundvintage, fun, and danceable, not to mention. The mai tai, history, a recipe, a how to, an explanation. The mai tai was also prominently featured in the elvis presley film blue hawaii. The cocktail should be thoroughly iced, crushed being best. There are a lot of variations of the mai tai but im a firm believer that the best base for all of them is a good rum. There are approximately 270 calories in one serving of mai tai trader vic s cocktail. The original mai tai tiki cocktail recipes pictures. Mai tai cocktail a mai tai is a boozy blend of coconut and spiced rum, triple sec, orange and pineapple juices, and a splash of grenadine. Tiki culture encompasses music, fashion, food, cocktails, decor, and architecture with the mai tai drink at its heart.
Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. The mai tai is the usual drink of the character frannie halcyon in the armistead maupin book series, tales of the city. The confusion comes from a hotel in hawaii that modified the original formula in the 1950s and added pineapple juicesometimes called a hawaiian mai taithen someone added guava and orange. A drink designed to transport you to lower latitudes and make sophisticated savages. It comes to us via martin cate, owner of smugglers cove in san francisco. The tiki bar has a history reaching back more than eighty years, which shows its a style thats able to be adapted and updated for the contemporary drinker. The mai tai is a tropical and fruity rum based cocktail. Mix up a batch for a taste of the tropics to enjoy with friends and family this summer. Mai tai cocktail recipes and origins diffords guide. Now, you can find a mai tai or a rum punch next to the manhattan and negroni on the menu of your favorite cocktail bar, and its not uncommon to find local bars hosting tikithemed nights. The mai tai is one of the iconic drinks to come out of the tiki scene. You mostly need light rum, dark rum, orgeat syrup, lime juice, a few other easy to find ingredients, a basic lesson, and before you know it, you will know how to make a mai tai mai tais make me feel like im on vacation, even when im in my own living room.
Mai tais, like most classic cocktails, have an uncertain history with two california restauranteur rivals both claiming they invented the drinks. Try our mai tai recipe and learn how to make the perfect cocktail with jamie oliver s drinks tube. I think it really rounds out the flavor of the cocktail. In fact, this trader vic original was so popular that it depleted world rum supplies in the 40s and 50s. We love daiquiris and this is basically a classic daiquiri with a few bells and whistles. The mai tai is inextricably linked to the cocktail world of tiki. Using a jigger, pour 35ml captain morgan original rum, 10ml orange liqueur, 25ml lime juice, 10ml orgeat and 50ml pineapple juice into the shaker. Actually its the closest i could come up with with what i had onhand but it. Es gibt viele varianten des mai tai, aber nur wenige. The mai tai is a great tiki cocktail filled with rum and tropical fruits. This classic rum cocktail is too much fun to pass up, especially on the hot days of summer. Created with developer martin doudoroff, it includes most of the recipes from his various books, and is available for iphone and ipad.
Includes 100 original recipes from the tiki masters at lost lake, pagan idol, three dots, zombie village and more. Mai tai 2 ounces jamaican rum 12 ounce orange curacao 12 ounce orgeat syrup 34 ounce fresh lime juice mint sprig for garnish. If you enjoy mezcal, this is sure to be a hit in your bar, too. Put a burst of the tropics in your daily life with these classic and contemporary tiki cocktails. Martin and rebecca cate, founders and owners of smugglers cove the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki. Its a musthave for any mai tai lover, trader vics devotee or hawaiian traveler. Break out the rum and the 50s tunesits tikiparty time. The cocktail has evolved considerably since its first creation and now there are numerous versions of the mai tai recipe out there.
However, rumwise, tiki recipes are all over the map, calling for light, gold, and dark variations from puerto rico, the virgin islands, cuba, guyana. Mai tai recipe and history how to make a mai tai cocktail. The story of the mai tai is inexorably linked to the history of tiki bars. Customers kept sending the classic version back, insisting that the drink should. Trader vic was the first one who developed this recipe and this cocktail became rapidly famous and the symbol of the tiki pop culture.
The book works equally well as a cocktail howto, a rum guide, tiki party. Combine light rum, gold rum, orange curacao, orgeat, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. The dark rum float, on the mai tai, can be any dark rum, such as myers. Provided by trader vics to the search for the ultimate mai tai. Diffords guide remains freetouse thanks to the support of the brands in blue above. This recipe is the real deal, tracing back to victor trader vic bergeron. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. There has been a lot of conversation over the beginning of the mai tai, and many have claimed credit. Although donn and vic both claimed to have invented the mai tai, vics 1944. Trader vics is credited with inventing the drink, and the first person to try it was said to cry out mai tai. Shake ingredients vigorously for a few seconds until very cold, and pour unstrained into a chilled double oldfashioned glass. The fifth rum bottled by rum swedes is a 16 year old caroni, abv 61. Mix up the original recipe or a newer version to get your summer party started.
Tiki cocktails are a ton of fun and just one part of the larger tiki scene. In 1944, when the cocktail was invented by victor j. Indianapolis monthly presents to us chris coys variation on the mai tai a tiki classic black market beverage director and the inferno rooms coowner, chris coy says, the fun of a mai tai is finding the blend of rums that works for you. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass or shaker.
In 1944, after the success with several exotic rum drinks, victor felt a new drink was needed for trader vics. The mai tai, history, a recipe, a how to, an explanation and technique followed with a shopping list posted on 09082010 by caskstrength i must take a break from my generally offensive to unfunny people 10 rules of drinking like a man series to offer to new readers this treatise on mai tais. Trader vics signature drink showcases premium aged rum. Tikipate vic trader erfand nach eigner aussage diesen klassiker im jahr 1944 fur besuch aus tahiti. Minimalist tiki the revolutionary book on tiki drinks. For some reason, i still remember the word austere from 11th grade english dont ask me why apparently, there are several different versions of the mai tai cocktail. Even tiki purist cate found that he had to add an island mai tai to his cocktail menu at forbidden island in 2006. The mai tai recipe is relatively straight forward it doesnt require a load of special tools. But no doubt, this is the best mai tai cocktail recipe around and youll want to mix up a batch this weekend. Ideally youd have a wide selection of each rum category at your disposal and use the exact type of rum specified. The mai tai became such a popular cocktail in the 1950s60s that many restaurants, particularly tiki themed restaurants or bars, served them. Chamomile mai tai 2 oz chamomileinfused white rum 34 oz lime juice 12 oz triple sec 12 oz orgeat 14 oz honey syrup. Shake vigorously and strain into glass full of ice.
Many people think this is a tropical fruit juice cocktail, but really, it is a strong rumbased drink. Mai tai is my favorite cocktail and i explore it from time to time. In 1933, he opened a small restaurant in hollywood, decorated it with old fishing nets, ships lanterns and the like. Fill with ice and shake vigorously strain into a tiki mug or large rocksmai tai glass filled with crushed ice.
Personally, i prefer gosling black seal rum, but as with any cocktail, there is room for subtle adjustments. There was, for a time, a bar in australia selling a mai tai made from original ingredients including the j. In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the spiced rum, coconut rum, grenadine, pineapple juice and orange juice. Combine all liquid ingredients in an icefilled shaker and shake until cold. Besides, what fun is there in being so austere and serious all the time. The mai tai is perhaps the canonical tiki cocktail and there are innumerable recipes for it.
Best exemplified by the mighty hawaiian mai tai, tiki cocktails includes eighty summery concoctions complemented by cute, retro illustra tions throughout, making it a fun gift book. Nutritional analysis per serving 1 servings powered by. This is the sister cask of the 15 year old caroni 97 that they released a year ago and which i wrote about here. This recipe is the real deal, tracing back to victor trader vic bergeron jr. Who based it on the recipe found in jeff berrys book. I decided to come home and make up a classic mai tai and enjoy the last few days of summer. My favorite is mount gay xo which i was able to taste while at their distillery in barbados. The mai tai cocktail is a modern classic and arguably the most popular tiki cocktail on the planet.
One of the richer paradoxes of the cocktail world is that, for all their hawaiian shirts and beachbum bonhomie, tiki aficionados are among the. Perfect mai tai cocktail recipe for your next tiki party. I was inspirated by your post for investigation of 2rums mai tai. Yes, please to complement its 230 cocktail recipes, some tiki and some not. Mar 28, 2020 explore megart1234s board mai tai time. Percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. See more ideas about mai tai, vintage tiki and tiki lounge. It may be a little more underground than it was in its heyday of the 1940s and 50s, yet its still alive and well. The book includes just the right amount of tiki lore, cocktail history and food pairings mai tai and pad thai. It was created by the famed bartender trader vic bergeron. The mai tai is perhaps the most famous tiki cocktail for a good reason. The mai tai took a star turn by earning a prominent role in the elvis film blue hawaii.
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