Mai Tai Cocktail

Name: Mai Tai Cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 ounces dark molasses rum (such as El Dorado 8-Year Demerara Rum); 1 ounce light pure cane rum (such as Batiste Rhum Ecoiste); ½ ounce honey simple syrup*; ½ ounce orgeat syrup (I used Small Hand Foods per Alana’s recommendation); ¾ ounce fresh lime juice; Spritz** or dash of Angostura bitters; Lime wheel, for garnish

Description: Learn how to make classic mai tai cocktails with this simple recipe from the Aloha Kitchen cookbook. They're strong and delicious, like mai tais should be! Recipe as written yields 1 cocktail; you can make 2 at once in a large shaker.

Prep Time: 10

Ingredients

2 ounces dark molasses rum (such as El Dorado 8-Year Demerara Rum)
1 ounce light pure cane rum (such as Batiste Rhum Ecoiste)
½ ounce honey simple syrup*
½ ounce orgeat syrup (I used Small Hand Foods per Alana’s recommendation)
¾ ounce fresh lime juice
Spritz** or dash of Angostura bitters
Lime wheel, for garnish

Instructions

Fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice and set it aside to chill. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine both rums, the honey syrup, orgeat syrup and lime juice.
Shake. Strain the cocktail into the ice-filled glass. Evenly spritz the top of the drink with bitters and garnish with a lime wheel before serving.