Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
How to make a classic Mai Tai cocktail? Prepare the products. All ingredients should be chilled, prepare the ice in advance. Also cool the glasses by pouring ice into them or put them in the freezer for 10 minutes. It is recommended to take freshly squeezed juices, in the absence of ready-made store-bought, but natural and of good quality.
Step 2:
Pour 40ml of white or golden rum into a shaker, 15 ml of orange liqueur and lime juice / lemon /, 10 ml of almond syrup, mix everything. It is not necessary to have a professional shaker, at home I have a great shaker for sports nutrition.
Step 3:
Fill the pre-cooled glass to half with a fresh portion of ice, then pour in the contents of the shaker and 20 ml of black rum.
Step 4:
Quickly add orange and pineapple juice in equal proportions.
Step 5:
It is customary to decorate a glass with a mint leaf, a slice of pineapple and a slice of orange. Depending on the variant of the ingredients used, it may be other tropical fruits. They often use a cherry for cocktails, a slice of lime, a figuratively carved orange skin.
Step 6:
I decorated with a sprig of mint and orange slices, melted ice from pineapple juice was added on top and a decorative decoration for cocktails was used. Drink a cocktail slowly sipping through a narrow tube. Have a nice tasting!
In bars, due to the rise in price of rum, Mai Tai is considered one of the most expensive cocktails in Europe.
However, it is quite simple to prepare and, if the necessary ingredients are available, it can easily be cooked at home.
Like most famous cocktails, the Mai Tai cocktail also has its own history.
Mai Tai in translation from Tahitian means "divine, unearthly", so exclaimed the guests from Tahiti, who tried it first.
The cocktail was created in the 30s of the last century, its taste so impressed the visitors of bars that it remains popular to this day.
The authorship is considered controversial, according to different versions it may be Don Beach / real name Ernest Raymond /.
It is also possible that this is Victor Bergeron, who called himself Trader Vic.
It is assumed that Beach was the first to use the name "Mai Tai", but it was Bergeron's version that gained popularity.
Over the years of its existence, it has found many variants in both alcoholic and non–alcoholic versions, but the classic basis has remained unchanged - this is a combination of rum and liqueur.
The strength of the cocktail, depending on the composition, varies from 23 to 27 degrees.
In 1987, "Mai Tai" was included in the collection of cocktails by IBA /International Association of Bartenders/.
For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.
How to make ice correctly? To make it transparent, use cold boiled or non-carbonated purified water. Do not take tap water, it will give the drink an unpleasant taste. Boil the water for about 2 minutes. Cool it down. Repeat boiling. Cool to room temperature. Pour into ice molds. Place in the freezer until completely solidified.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Rum - 75 kcal/100g
- Orange liqueur - 213 kcal/100g
- Orange juice - 36 kcal/100g
- Ice - 0 kcal/100g
- Syrup - 300 kcal/100g
- Lime juice - 10 kcal/100g
- Pineapple juice - 48 kcal/100g
