Cocktail #002 - Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Despite several websites proclaiming June 30 as National Mai Tai Day, the Trader Vic's website explains that August 30 is the historic National Mai Tai Day, even using an official proclamation from the City of Oakland as proof. The Mai Tai was created in 1944 by Trader Vic himself and has endured as one of the classic drinks of the Tiki genre and has inspired countless riffs. The split base of funky Jamaican rum and the grassy rhum agricole make for not only a complex drink, but an inspiration for countless other variations using a variety of split spirit bases.

Glass:

Rocks

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Aged Jamaican Rum

• 1 oz Aged Rhum Agricole

• 1 oz Lime Juice

• 1/4 oz Dry Curacao

• 1/4 oz Orgeat

• 1/4 oz Simple Syrup

Technique:

Add all the ingredients into a shaker tin and add pebble ice.

Shake for 5-10 seconds and then dump into a chilled rocks glass.

Add more crushed ice to fill to the top of the glass.

Garnish:

Spent Lime Shell from Juicing

Bouquet of Mint