Mai Tai Ingredients

Mai tai is a refreshingly popular drink, enjoyed at most parties. There are many variations of this drink using a combination of different ingredients. Here is a list of the ingredients which are used in the traditional recipe.

• Rum (either light or dark)
• Orange curacao
• Rock candy syrup
• Orgeat syrup
• Freshly squeezed lime juice

These days, new variants of the original cocktail are coming up. The new recipes either substitute or add new ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces white rum
• 2 ounces dark rum
• 1½ ounces orange curacao
• ½ ounce amaretto
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 1½ ounces apricot brandy
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• Ice cubes

Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, pour all the ingredients and shake vigorously for a couple of minutes to combine them well. In a tall glass, place crushed ice and decorate it with a cocktail umbrella pierced with a pineapple wedge and a grape. Pour the drink into the glass and you're done.

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces light rum
• 2 ounces blue curacao liqueur
• 1 ounce cream of coconut
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1 slice pineapple
• 1 cherry
• Ice cubes or crushed ice

Directions:
Place the ingredients in a blender jar and blend at a high speed. Add the cream of coconut and continue to blend until smooth. Take a highball glass and pour the drink into it. Garnish with the pineapple slice and cherry.

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces dark rum
• 2 ounces light rum
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces orange juice (no pulp)
• 1¼ ounces sweet n' sour mix
• 1 ounce triple sec
• ½ ounce grenadine
• Crushed ice

Directions:
Pour all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir to combine them. Pour into glasses and use a lemon slice and mint sprig as garnish.

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces pineapple juice
• 4 ounces orange juice
• 1 ounce dark rum
• 1 ounce gold rum
• 1 ounce light rum
• ½ ounce fresh lime juice
• ½ ounce grenadine
• 1 ounce triple sec
• ¼ ounce almond syrup
• Ice cubes

Directions:
Add the ice cubes and the rest of the ingredients to a shaker. Close the lid and shake it for about two minutes. Once all the ingredients have combined, transfer the drink to a tall glass. Add a few ice cubes and garnish with a pineapple slice and a cherry.

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces spiced rum
• 2 ounces coconut-flavored rum
• 1½ ounces orange juice
• ¼ ounce grenadine syrup
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar syrup
• Ice cubes or crushed ice
• 1 slice grapefruit
• 1 maraschino cherry

Directions:
Prepare the glass in which you will be serving this cocktail. Pierce the grapefruit and cherry with a toothpick, and place a colorful straw in the glass just to make it attractive. Combine the ingredients and shake them in a cocktail shaker. Empty the contents into the prepared glass and add a couple of ice cubes. Float a mint sprig and enjoy.

These refreshing cocktails will be a huge hit at any party.