Mai Tai recipe

Golden rum, orange curaçao, lime juice, orgeat syrup, lime wedge and more, shaken and served in an Old Fashioned glass.

  • 2 mins total
  • 6 ingredients
  • Old Fashioned glass
Mai Tai in a rocks glass with an orange wedge and a cherry

Recipe card

Mai Tai

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Old Fashioned glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, golden rum, orange curaçao, lime juice, and orgeat syrup to your cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Add crushed ice to an Old Fashioned glass.
  4. Pour in the mix and garnish with a wedge of lime and a maraschino cherry.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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