Mai Tai
Mai Tai in a whiskey glass
Mai Tai served in a whiskey glass, the most common way of presenting that delicious rum cocktail.
Mai Tai in a bellied tumbler glass
All kind of tumbler glasses are ideal for Mai Tai.
Mai Tai in a red wine glass
Wine glasses are a good alternative to tumbler glasses.
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Mai Tai is a pearl among summer cocktails. Its worth its price to purchase a bottle of orgeat syrup (almonds syrup) for that well balanced, palatable and strong rum mixture. Careful, it's not a drink for wimps, even tough drinkers are reasonably drunken after a single drink.
Mai Tai consists of rum, triple sec, almonds syrup, sugar syrup and lime juice. Orgeat syrup is essential, it gives a tropical finish together with triple sec. It's hard to compare with other drinks, it's taste-wise a unique category.
Served with pineapple cherry decoration in a tumbler or wine glass, does that good looking cocktail classic keep up with the most beautifull cocktails.
With Mai Tai we guarantee that you will have a long and entertaining evening. Staying at a nice beach with hot temperatures and drinking a mai tai is an adventure. If you aren't next to the beach, a Mai Tai might help to bring these vibes into your place.
Ingredients
(or 2 cl Lemon juice)
(or 5 pcs Ice cubes)
Measuring unit
Preparation
Method: Shaking with ice cubes
Bar equipment: Shaker
1.
Decoration
A piece of pineapple with a cherry on top fits well with Mai Tai. For that, cut off a triangle of pineapple and make a short cut in the middle. Then take a tooth pick and stick a cherry on top. Place it all together on the glass rim.
2.
Shaking
Place rum, triple sec, orangeat syrup, sugar syrup and lime juice along with 2-3 ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake it hard.
3.
Serving
Now fill half of your glass with crushed ice and strain the drink into it. Add a couple of black straws and serve it ice cold.
Tips
Fine adjustment
Decoration / Serving
Mai Tai looks really great with pineapple cherry decoration.
Tumblers or wine glasses are most appropiate for Mai Tai. You can express all your creativity with the decoration. Everthing made of pineapple, cherries, oranges or kiwis looks good. Don't forget 1-2 black straws.
A good presentation and an adequate environment are as important as the taste of cocktails. Use our decoration tool to test different decorations and glasses.
Decoration tool
Try out different decorations and glasses with our decoration-tool. Choose the desired options on the right side and your picture will be displayed immediately. Decorations and glasses which we recommend are labeled, but also all "not common" options are available. You can save created pictures for the pdf-download or your menucard.
Classical decorations
Options
What's the best serving suggestion for Mai Tai?
Glass
Tumbler Whisky
Highly recommended
Tumbler creative
Tumbler bellied
1
Tumbler Whisky
Tumbler Gibraltar
Recommended
Red wine glass short
White wine glass short
Not common
Long-drink glass unbowed
Red wine glass big
White wine glass chardonnay
Sugar/Salt rim
-
1
-
Not common
Sugar or salt rim
Fruity decorations
Pineapple and Cherry
-
Highly recommended
Kiwi and cherry
Orange and Cherry
Orange, Kiwi and cherry
Pineapple and Cherry
Pineapple heart and cherry
1
Pineapple with cherry on side
Pineapple, Kiwi and cherry
Skewer Orange-Cherry (half slice)
Skewer Orange-Cherry (slice)
Recommended
Lemon half slice
Lemon slice
Orange (half slice)
Orange (slice)
Pineapple heart
Pineapple piece
Not common
Celery stalk
Cube of cantaloupe
Cube of watermelon
Cucumber (slice)
Kiwi (half slice)
Kiwi (slice)
Lime half slice
Lime slice
Peach slice
Piece of cantaloupe
Piece of galia melon
Piece of watermelon
Strawberry
Zest lemon (piece)
Zest lemon (twisted)
Zest lime (piece)
Zest lime (twisted)
Straws
Straw black
1
-
Highly recommended
Bendy straw black
Straw black
1
Recommended
Bendy straw brown
Bendy straw orange
Bendy straw red
Bendy straw yellow
Straw brown
Straw orange
Straw red
Straw yellow
Not common
Bendy straw blue
Bendy straw green
Bendy straw grey
Bendy straw pink
Bendy straw purple
Bendy straw white
Straw blue
Straw green
Straw grey
Straw pink
Straw purple
Straw white
Straw black
1
-
Highly recommended
Bendy straw black
Straw black
1
Recommended
Bendy straw brown
Bendy straw orange
Bendy straw red
Bendy straw yellow
Straw brown
Straw orange
Straw red
Straw yellow
Not common
Bendy straw blue
Bendy straw green
Bendy straw grey
Bendy straw pink
Bendy straw purple
Bendy straw white
Straw blue
Straw green
Straw grey
Straw pink
Straw purple
Straw white
Stirring staff
-
1
-
Recommended
Stirring stick black
Not common
Mermaid blue
Mermaid green
Mermaid yellow
Mermaid red
Sea shell blue
Sea shell green
Sea shell red
Sea shell yellow
Sea snail blue
Sea snail green
Sea snail red
Sea snail yellow
Shell blue
Shell green
Shell red
Shell yellow
Starfish red
Starfish blue
Starfish green
Starfish yellow
Stirring stick blue
Stirring stick green
Stirring stick red
Stirring stick yellow
Others
-
1
-
Not common
Palm blue
Palm golden
Palm green
Palm red
Palm Silvery
Pinwheel blue-golden
Pinwheel blue-purple
Pinwheel silvery-golden
Pinwheel silvery-red
Umbrella red
Umbrella yellow
Coaster
Napkin white
1
-
Highly recommended
Coaster white
Napkin white
1
Recommended
Coaster black
Coaster grey
Coaster yellow
Napkin black
Napkin grey
Napkin yellow
Not common
Coaster blue
Coaster brown
Coaster green
Coaster orange
Coaster purple
Coaster red
Doily rose garden white
Napkin blue
Napkin brown
Napkin green
Napkin orange
Napkin purple
Napkin red
Environment
Pineapple 2
Highly recommended
Pineapple 1
1
Pineapple 2
Pineapple 3
Pineapple 4
Recommended
Lemons 1
Lemons 2
Lemons 3
Lemons 4
Not common
-
Apple 1
Apple 2
Apple 3
Berries 1
Berries 2
Berries 3
Cantaloupe melon 1
Cantaloupe melon 2
Cantaloupe melon 3
Cherries 1
Cherries 2
Cherries 3
Coffee Beans 1
Coffee Beans 2
Coffee Beans 3
Coffee Beans 4
Cork 1
Cork 2
Cork 3
Cucumber 1
Cucumber 2
Cucumber, Mint, Lemon 1
Cucumber, Mint, Lemon 2
Egg 1
Egg 2
Egg 3
Egg and Lemon 1
Fruits 1
Fruits 2
Fruits 3
Galia melons 1
Galia melons 2
Galia melons 3
Grapefruit, orange and lemon
Green grapes 1
Green grapes 2
Green grapes 3
Green grapes 4
Lemon and Cherries
Limes 1
Limes 2
Limes 3
Mangos 1
Mangos 2
Mangos 3
Orange, lemon and cherry 1
Orange, lemon and cherry 2
Oranges 1
Oranges 2
Oranges 3
Oranges 4
Peaches 1
Peaches 2
Peaches 3
Pears 1
Pears 2
Pears 3
Peppermint 1
Peppermint 2
Peppermint 3
Peppermint 4
Pepper, salt and tabasco 1
Pepper, salt and tabasco 2
Pepper, salt and tabasco 3
Pomegranates 1
Pomegranates 2
Pomegranates 3
Raspberries 1
Raspberries 2
Raspberries 3
Red grapes 1
Red grapes 2
Red grapes 3
Red grapes 4
Shells
Strawberries 1
Strawberries 2
Strawberries 3
Watermelon 1
Watermelon 2
Watermelon 3
Background
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1
-
1
Blue
Bright green
Brown
Green
Grey
Orange
Purple
Red
Turquoise
Yellow
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