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Subject: Re: Mai Tai
From: Thinking Bartender
Posted: Mon Dec 18. 2006, 04:49 UTC
Followup to: "secret Mai Tai mixture and other secret mixtures"  by walters  (Mon Dec 18. 2006, 01:27 UTC)
> 
>  I ran into a Bartender that makes a special Mai Tai 
> 
>  1.) Light Rum 
>  2.) Dark Rum
>  3.) Pinaplple juice
>  4.) Orange juice
> 
>  **5.) is the secret Mai Tai mixture sauce
> 
>  What do u guys think this secret Mai Tai mixture sauce is? from a 
> educated guess?

To start with, because this recipe includes pineapple juice and orange juice, 
it is not a true Mai Tai. This drink that this bartender has shown you is more 
like a fruit punch.

This "Mai Tai mixture" will hopefully contain some sort of sour (lime juice), 
and some sort of liqueur or syrup.

My favourite Rum punch is as follows:

2 shots Myers Dark Rum,
1 shot Fresh Lime Juice,
1/2 shot Orgeat Syrup,
1/2 shot Apricot Brandy
1 1/2 shot Pineapple Juice.

Shake with ice, and then strain into an ice-filled tall glass; garnish with a 
lime wedge and a sprig of mint.


>  6.) they use crushed ice instead of solid ice makes the Mai Tai 
> taste way different why is that please?
>  Because they made the same Mai Tai with solid ice and it tasted way 
> way way different than using crushed ices why does it change the 
> "effect" of this Mai Tai recipe so much please?

A Mai-Tai is never blended, though the original (Trader Vics) recipe is served 
over crushed ice.

http://www.tradervics.com/mai-tai-1.html

Crushed ice: it helps dilute the drink, and keeps it colder; greater surface 
area etc etc.


Other Mai Tai Websites:

http://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Mai_Tai
http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/
http://www.drinkboy.com/cocktails/recipes/MaiTai.html


Cheers!

George


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