American Bartenders School shows you to make the Mai Tai cocktail drink recipe. A great cocktail drink for parties or entertaining friends.
Mai Tai Cocktail Drink Recipe
by MartiniTodd on March 12, 2010
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those are SOOOO GOOOOOD! yum. i had my first one this past christmas. at a company christas party.. =] enjoyed it so much!
that is the actual recipe. however, most bars don’t carry orange curacao or orgeat syrup, so this is an acceptable and very common alternative.
Don’t get confused and think i am sticking up for this guy. I do not think he should be running a bartending school. many of his many of his recipes are wrong, and no PROFFESIONAL bartender uses a jigger.
the recepie iv got is – SHAKE wray nephew, a golden and light rum with a dash of almond syrup, a couple squeezes of lime and grand marnier topped with orange and pienapple shaken. then drop grenadine through and float woods navy on the top. The exact measurements are up to you, although be careful of making the drink too sweet. This guy needs to take more care – always taste what you are making and garnish with style!
Excellent drink. I could drink that all day by the beach. Thanks for the video!
So you REALLY want to make a more authentic, minimal 1950s style mai tai? If you do your research and keep all the extra bullshit out like grenadine and pineapple juice here is what you get basically:
-bucket glass of ice (snow cone crushed if you can)
-1oz white rum (Bacardi)
-1oz dark rum (Myers)
-1/2oz or 1oz Orange Curacao (to your taste)
-freshly made sweet&sour (lemonade)
-squeezed lime and 1/2oz orgeat optional
you can shake and pour or just stir in the glass and you’re done. Enjoy!
The more authentic, minimal 1950s mai tai:
bucket glass filled with crushed/shaved ice
1oz light rum (Bacardi)
1oz dark rum (Myers)
1/2-1oz orange curacao (not triple sec)
top with fresh sweet&sour
lime juice and/or orgeat syrup is optional
shake or stir and serve with a pineapple/cherry/silly and/or silly umbrella to embarrass your friends and family.
Enjoy!
Orgeat syrup is not optional; mai tai’s require an almond element. Orgeat can be replaced by almond syrup since orgeat is harder to come by.
No way thats the school i went to!!
perfect color on this one
i like the dark rum on top
my fav drink
i hate mai tai’s shaked
2cl grenadine 4cl white rum 4cl myers rum 2cl old pascas.. noob
Nice video! I enjoyed that. Well explained. But … no tiny umbrella?
Very nice drink!
Amaretto is a substitute for Orgeat Syrup….it can work and i have seen it done and also tasted it….the syrup version is better.
i’m sorry but you are all wrong…the original recipe is a follows
poco glass filled to the top with ice
15ml rum
15ml bacardi
15ml orange curacao
15ml Amaretto
and top with orange and pineapple juice and a 15ml dark rum float with the cherry on the side of the glass not in it!
who the hell uses jigger pouring anymore?
Recent studies show that bartenders who free pour (don’t use a jigger), over pour by 28% more than the recipe calls for.
very true but with proper training you wont need the jigger. for me i went to bartending school my count is perfect thats one more good thing about bartending school they make sure your count is perfect before you graduate
Me cuse my manager makes me….
thanx
2:07 – 2:17 I never would have guessed that rum had a strong rum aroma. lol
However, I have ordered a Mai Tai that didn’t look like that It looked more like the Mai Tai I had before the Dark Rum was added.
disgusting ! thats not a mai tai!
1. no grenadine
2. no amaretto
3. no juice other than FRESH lime juice!
4. crushed ice
5. SHAKE it
heres my mai tai
1. 1 oz golden rum ( such as havanna club 3 years)
2. 1 oz dark brown rum ( such as myers)
3. 1.5 oz FRESH lime juice
4. 0.5 oz of almond sirup
5 0.75 oz of triple sec
Shake and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.
if like you can flot a little bit of high proof rum!
Grenadine is not made from pomegranates!!!!!
It’s supposed to be, but if you buy a bottle you’ll probably just get red colored syrup, which is why you should always make your own grenadine.
That is not a Mai Tai – has he ever been to Hawaii? Yuck!