https://welkinarts.dev/tiki/Recent content in Tiki & Bartending on Welkin ArtsHugoen-ushttps://welkinarts.dev/tiki/mai-tai-study/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://welkinarts.dev/tiki/mai-tai-study/<p>The Mai Tai is often misunderstood. Walk into most bars and you&rsquo;ll get a syrupy red thing that bears no resemblance to Trader Vic&rsquo;s original creation.</p> <h2 id="the-original-recipe">The Original Recipe</h2> <p>Trader Vic created the Mai Tai in 1944 using:</p> <ul> <li>2 oz aged Jamaican rum (he used 17-year J. Wray &amp; Nephew)</li> <li>1 oz fresh lime juice</li> <li>1/2 oz orange curaçao</li> <li>1/4 oz orgeat</li> <li>1/4 oz rock candy syrup</li> </ul> <p>Shake with crushed ice, pour into a double old fashioned glass, garnish with spent lime shell and fresh mint.</p>