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The Original Mai Tai

Author: Roz

Ingredients

  • 1 lime
  • 1/2 ounce orange Curacao
  • 1/4 ounce simple sugar syrup
  • 1/4 ounce orgeat syrup
  • 2 ounces rum one ounce dark Jamaican rum, one ounce light Martinique rum
  • Alan Wong's uses 3 ounces of rum!
  • Fresh mint leaves
  • Pineapple slices
  • Maraschino cherries

Instructions

  • Cut the lime in half.
  • Squeeze all of the lime juice over ice (preferably shaved or crushed ice) in a double old-fashioned glass.
  • Save the lime rind for garnish.
  • Add the remaining ingredients with the light rum poured in first and the dark rum poured in second.
  • If necessary, fill the glass with more ice.
  • Decorate the cocktail with the lime rind, fresh mint leaves, fresh fruit on a stick, and if possible, a colorful little paper umbrella and an orchid!