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Mai Tai

This recipe will walk you through how to make the best evah Mai Tai Cocktail! Taste tested approved. This Mai Tai is as good as you get in any Chinese Restaurant.
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Chinese
Author: Real Life Real Issues | Joanne Byrnes

Ingredients

1 Gallon Mai Tai Recipe

  • 1 floater Myers Dark Rum
  • one 750 ml Ron Virgin or Cruzan Dark Rum 3 Cups
  • 16 oz Ron Virgin or Cruzan Light Rum 2 Cups
  • 16 oz Bols Orange Curacao (Not dry orange) 2 Cups
  • 8 oz Fee’s Brothers Orgeat optional: make your own: see recipe below (1 Cup)
  • 3 Splashes Worcestershire Added to Orgeat
  • 6 Second Pour(using a liquor pourer) Fee’s Brothers Golden Passion Fruit Syrup or Goya Passion Fruit Substitute: LaCena Passion Fruit Syrup
  • 1/2 Bag Timmy's Dry Powder Sour Mix 12 oz. (1 1/2 Cups) Add 64 oz or 8 Cups Water and shake well
  • 6 oz Orange Juice Add to Sour Mix
  • 6 oz Pineapple Juice Add to Sour Mix
  • Pineapple Chunks
  • Maraschino Cherries
  • Fresh Lime Wedges Quartered and Halved

Instructions

  • Add all liquor to a gallon jug (preferably with an air tight screw top). 
    Mix Orgeat with Worcestershire and add to jug.
    Mix Sour Mix Powder and Water in a second container with a screw top. Shake, Shake, Shake! Then add OJ and Pineapple Juice to it and shake again! Then add to gallon jug to fill.
    Shake and then pour into a tall glass with ice. Add a floater of Myers Dark Rum (i.e. just top the drink with a little dark rum).
    Garnish with pineapple chunks and maraschino cherries and a smidge of fresh lime juice. An umbrella straw will add a nice touch!
    If you want to make homemade Orgeat. Recipe: 1/2 C Sugar, 1/2 C Boiling Water; dissolve sugar and remove from heat. Add 1/2 tsp Almond Extract and 1/4 tsp Coconut Extract.
  • Always drink responsibly!

Notes

1/2 Gallon Ingredients Measurements:
  • 1.5 Cups (12 oz.) Dark Rum
  • 1 Cup (8 oz.) Light Rum
  • 1 Cup (8 oz.) Bols Orange Curacao
  • 1/2 Cup (4 oz.) Orgeat (2 splashes Worcestershire)
  • 1 oz. (3 second pour) Passion Fruit
  • 12 Tbsp (6 oz.) Timmy's Sweet & Sour Mix Powder (Mix with 4 Cups Water)
  • 3 oz. Orange Juice & 3 oz. Pineapple Juice mixed into Timmy's
  • Follow instructions above! Don't forget the Myers Dark Rum floater!
1/4 Gallon Ingredients Measurements:
  • 6 oz. Dark Rum
  • 1/2 Cup (4 oz.) Light Rum
  • 1/2 Cup (4 oz.) Bols Orange Curacao
  • 2 oz. Orgeat (2 splashes Worcestershire)
  • 1/2 oz. (2 second pour) Passion Fruit
  • 6 Tbsp (3 oz.) Timmy's Sweet & Sour Mix Powder (Mix with 2 Cups Water)
  • 1/2 oz. Orange Juice & 1/2 oz. Pineapple Juice mixed into Timmy's
  • Follow instructions above! Don't forget the Myers Dark Rum floater!