3 Mai Tai Variations You’ll Love

The classic tiki cocktail just turned 75, but its best years are ahead

- 1 oz. aged Jamaican Rum - 1 oz. 100 Proof Blanc Rhum Agricole - 0.5 oz. Dry Curaçao - 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice - 1 oz. Orgeat

Trader Vic’s Mai Tai

Trader Vic’s Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS

Build the cocktail in a double rocks glass, add crushed ice until the drink fills the glass, and swizzle until it becomes opaque. Garnish with a bouquet of mint.

Trader Vic’s Mai Tai

Trader Vic’s Mai Tai

DIRECTIONS

- 1 oz Zhumir Aguardiente - 0.5 oz Hamilton’s Jamaican black rum - 0.5 oz Plantation pineapple rum - 0.75 oz lime juice - 0.5 oz hazelnut orgeat - 0.25 oz Combier triple sec - 0.25 oz simple syrup

Lazy Bird Mai Tai

Lazy Bird Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS

Add ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain to rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Top with black rum float (another 1/2 oz or so). Garnish with lime cap and mint bouquet.

Lazy Bird Mai Tai

Lazy Bird Mai Tai

DIRECTIONS

- 1.5 oz Ten To One Dark Rum - 0.25 oz Trader Vic’s Macadamia Nut Liqueur - 0.25 oz Chinese 5 Spice-infused Tokki Black Soju - 0.5 oz demerara syrup - 1 oz pineapple purée - 0.5 oz mandarin orange purée - 0.5 oz blood orange juice - 0.5 oz lime juice

Five Star Mai Tai

Five Star Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS

Shake all ingredients and strain into a double old fashioned rocks glass⁣. Garnish with a large mint sprig, a dehydrated blood orange wheel and a fortune cookie.

Five Star Mai Tai

Five Star Mai Tai

DIRECTIONS