Mai Tai
makes 1 drink
Recipe from Rob Chirico
Made with fresh ingredients and top-shelf liquors, the much-maligned 51-year-old Mai Tai is a thing of beauty.
This recipe comes from Rob Chirico's Hair of the Dog. For more of Rob's great cocktails, buy his Field Guide to Cocktails.
ingredients
2 ounces aged rum
1 ounce Cointreau or triple sec
1/2 ounce grenadine
1 teaspoon orgeat syrup
1 ounce fresh lime juice
Ice
timer
prep: 5 minutes
total: 5 minutes
tools
cocktail shaker
strainer
hurricane glass
instructions
1. Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled hurricane glass filled with ice.
2. Garnish with fresh fruit and one of those little umbrellas.
