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Every restaurant seems to have a different recipe for a Mai Tai! Seems like you can mix anything with Rum and call it a Mai Tai. Why are people ruining my favorite drink!

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Island Cocktails Mai Tai:
Build in shaker
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Spiced Rum
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Coconut Rum
.75 oz or 22 ml. Triple Sec
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Dry Curaçao
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Sour Mix*
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Orange Juice
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass
Garnish with a Pineapple Chunk and Cherry

*Sour Mix:
1 part Lime Juice
1 part Lemon Juice
2 parts Simple Syrup

That's-A-Mai-Tai:
Build in glass over cracked ice
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Rum (Mount Gay Eclipse)
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Vodka (Stoli)
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Triple Sec
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Pineapple Juice
Top with Sprite
Stir

Texas Mai Tai:
Build in shaker 3 oz. or 60 ml.
Lime Vodka (Deep Eddy's)
1 oz. or 30 ml. Orgeat
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass
Top with Orange Gatorade

TRUE Mai Tai:
Build in shaker
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Orange Juice
.75 oz or 22 ml. Simple Syrup
1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice
.75 oz or 22 ml. Amaretto Liqueur
2 oz. or 60 ml. Light Rum
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass
Float of Dark Rum
Garnish with a Pineapple Chunk and Cherry

Under a Cowgirl Mai Tai:
Build in shaker
1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Orange Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Grenadine
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Peach Schnapps
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rum
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass

Red Place Mai Tai:
Build in shaker
2 oz. or 30 ml. Spice Rum
1 oz. or 30 ml. Coconut Rum
1 oz. or 30 ml. Orange Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Roses Grenadine
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass

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Worst Mai Tais in America Ad Free! Thanks so much to all of you for your support of the show. Island Cocktails Mai Tai: Build in shaker 1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Spiced Rum 1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Coconut Rum .75 oz or 22 ml. Triple Sec .5 oz. or 15 ml. Dry Curaçao .5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice 1 oz. or 30 ml. Sour Mix .75 oz. or 22 ml. Orange Juice Add ice and shake Open pour into glass Garnish with a Pineapple Chunk and Cherry *Sour Mix: 1 part Lime Juice 1 part Lemon Juice 2 parts Simple Syrup That's-A-Mai-Tai: Build in glass over cracked ice 1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Rum (Mount Gay Eclipse) .75 oz. or 22 ml. Vodka (Stoli) .75 oz. or 22 ml. Triple Sec 1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Pineapple Juice Top with Sprite Stir Texas Mai Tai: Build in shaker 3 oz. or 60 ml. Lime Vodka (Deep Eddy's) 1 oz. or 30 ml. Orgeat Add ice and shake Open pour into glass Top with Orange Gatorade TRUE Mai Tai: Build in shaker .5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice .5 oz. or 15 ml. Orange Juice .75 oz or 22 ml. Simple Syrup 1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice .75 oz or 22 ml. Amaretto Liqueur 2 oz. or 60 ml. Light Rum Add ice and shake Open pour into glass Float of Dark Rum Garnish with a Pineapple Chunk and Cherry Under a Cowgirl Mai Tai: Build in shaker 1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice 1 oz. or 30 ml. Orange Juice 1 oz. or 30 ml. Grenadine .75 oz. or 22 ml. Peach Schnapps 2 oz. or 60 ml. Rum Add ice and shake Open pour into glass Red Place Mai Tai: Build in shaker 2 oz. or 30 ml. Spice Rum 1 oz. or 30 ml. Coconut Rum 1 oz. or 30 ml. Orange Juice 1 oz. or 30 ml. Pineapple Juice .5 oz. or 15 ml. Roses Grenadine Add ice and shake Open pour into glass