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Subject: Re: New Drink : Bloody Mai Tai
From: Crystal
Posted: Mon Mar 14. 2005, 07:17 UTC
Followup to: "Re: New Drink : Bloody Mai Tai"  by Natrone  (Mon Mar 14. 2005, 00:01 UTC)
I actually went to a school for bartending and the way we learned to make a 
Mai Tai was...

  1oz. light rum
  1oz. dark rum
  1/2oz triple sec
  3oz. orange juice
  3oz. sweet & sour
  top with 1/2oz. of grenadine
  garnish with a cherry :-)

My customers love them!


> > > Made a variation of the original recipe for my restaurant...
> > > 
> > > c/c needed, may be a little sickly...
> > > 
> > > Rum, OJ, Pineapple and lemon juice 
> > > plus a double vodka and more grenadine then usual.
> > > 
> > > Mix in shaker for 3 minutes letting air out every 10 to 15 
> > > seconds.
> 
> 
> > That bears so little resemblance to a proper Mai Tai it may as well 
> > 
> > have a new name.
> 
> 
> I was thinking the same thing.  Other than rum, what exactly makes 
> that like a Mai Tai?  I suppose some places use grenadine but even 
> allowing that it's a thin connection.  Still, it's better than what I 
> expected when I opened this thread: a rum-based Bloody Mary with 
> fruit juices added.  


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