Pineapple Mai Tai

Based on the classic, the Pineapple Mai Tai is a twist on a tiki cocktail that's full of tropical flavor and three types of rum. It's like vacation in a glass!

Course Cocktail

Cuisine American, Tiki

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 10

Servings cocktail

Calories 259kcal

Ingredients

1 ounce light rum
½ ounce aged rum
¾ ounce orange curaçao or triple sec
¾ ounce lime juice fresh
¾ ounce pineapple juice
½ ounce orgeat syrup
½ ounce dark rum to float
1 wedge lime for garnish
1 whole cocktail cherry for garnish
1 sprig fresh mint for garnish

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the light rum, aged rum, lime juice, pineapple juice and orgeat syrup. Shake well to combine.
Strain the ingredients into a rocks glass filled with ice.
Hold a bar spoon upside-down over top of the drink and slowly pour the dark rum over the spoon. This is called a float, and it will create a layer of rum on top, rather than it mixing into the drink.
Garnish with a lime wedge, fresh mint and a cocktail cherry.

Notes

Here are some tips and tricks for making this recipe:

The original Mai Tai recipe called for a "dash of rock candy syrup," meaning simple syrup. Taste the drink from the cocktail shaker before pouring it into the glass. If it isn't sweet enough, add a splash of simple syrup and shake again.
To get the pretty layer of dark rum on top, make a float of dark rum by gently and slowly pouring it over the back of a bar spoon.
Use a real cocktail cherry for the garnish, not a bright red maraschino cherry.
Add over-the-top garnishes to make the drink stand out. Lime and pineapple garnishes are classic, but you could also go with a cocktail umbrella and fresh mint.

To make a virgin Mai Tai: Use 1½ ounces unsweetened iced tea instead of rum and ¾ ounces orange juice instead of curaçao. On top, add another splash of tea over top of the other ingredients.

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