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Trader Vic’s Mai Thai Cocktail

Kathy Marker
from Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide, Revised - A delicious cocktail made with rum, orange curaçao, fresh lime juice and orgeat (almond syrup), the classic Tiki drink. (Trader Vic's recipe)
5 from 1 vote
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Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Aperitif, Drinks

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lime
  • 1/2 oz. Orange Curaçao liqueur
  • 1/4 oz. simple syrup
  • 1/4 oz. orgeat syrup
  • 1 oz. dark Jamaica rum
  • 1 oz. Martinique or another light rum

Instructions
 

  • Cut lime in half. Squeeze juice over shaved (or crushed) ice in a mai tai glass (double old-fashioned). Save one spent lime shell.
  • Add remaining ingredients and enough shaved ice to fill glass. Hand shake. 
  • Decorate with spent lime shell, fresh mint and a fruit stick.
Keyword Aperol Cocktail, Curacao liqueur, Donn the Beachcomber, mai tai, orgeat, rum, summer, tiki, tiki bar, Trader Vic
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