Ingredients
- 30 ml Aged rum
- 30 ml Jamaican rum
- 15 ml Orange curaçao
- 30 ml Lime juice
- 15 ml Orgeat
- Garnish Mint sprig, lime shell, spent lime
Preparation
Origin Story
The Mai Tai was created in the 1940s in California, attributed to either Trader Vic's or Don the Beachcomber, both of whom claimed to have invented it. This cocktail became synonymous with tiki culture and is celebrated for its tropical flavors.
Similar cocktails
Seen in
- Blue Hawaii 1961
Elvis Presley sips Mai Tais in this tropical musical, helping popularize tiki culture.
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008
Mai Tais flow freely at the Hawaiian resort where Jason Segel's character tries to move on.
- Office Space 1999
The characters discuss doing nothing and drinking Mai Tais as the ultimate fantasy.