Mai Tai Cocktail

Name: Mai Tai Cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 oz dark molasses rum (such as El Dorado 8-Year Demerara Rum); 1 oz light pure cane rum (such as Batiste Rhum Ecoiste); ½ ounce honey simple syrup*; ½ ounce orgeat syrup (I used Small Hand Foods per Alana’s recommendation); ¾ ounce fresh lime juice; Spritz** or dash of Angostura bitters; Lime wheel, for garnish

Learn how to make classic mai tai cocktails with this simple recipe from the Aloha Kitchen cookbook. They're strong and delicious, like mai tais should be! Recipe as written yields 1 cocktail; you can make 2 at once in a large shaker.

⏱ 10 min 🔨 Prep 10min 📊 Easy 🍽 1 servings 👁 5

Ingredients

1 servings

2 oz dark molasses rum (such as El Dorado 8-Year Demerara Rum)
1 oz light pure cane rum (such as Batiste Rhum Ecoiste)
½ ounce honey simple syrup*
½ ounce orgeat syrup (I used Small Hand Foods per Alana’s recommendation)
¾ ounce fresh lime juice
Spritz** or dash of Angostura bitters
Lime wheel, for garnish

Instructions

Fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice and set it aside to chill. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine both rums, the honey syrup, orgeat syrup and lime juice.
Shake. Strain the cocktail into the ice-filled glass. Evenly spritz the top of the drink with bitters and garnish with a lime wheel before serving.

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Nutrition per serving

246kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$303.00

Per Serving
$303.00/serving

🏠 Savings
~$606.00 vs buying!

📋 Price Breakdown (29% ingredients detected)

Ingredient	Amount	Subtotal
dark molasses rum	2 oz	$202.00
light pure cane rum	1 oz	$101.00
½ ounce honey simple syrup*	-	-
½ ounce orgeat syrup	-	-
¾ ounce fresh lime juice	-	-
Spritz** or dash of Angostura bitters	-	-
Lime wheel	-	-