5 Minutes of Rum episode 7: An introduction to the Mai Tai, Appleton 12 year, Clement VSOP, curaçao, orgeat, and the Trader Vic's Mai Tai.

Episode Links:

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Trader Vic's Tiki Party

Appleton 12 Jamaican rum

Orange liqueur comparison (Tiki Central)

BG Reynolds orgeat syrup

Post Prohibition Orgeat recipe

Stopper bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

Orgeat recipe at Post Prohibition.

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

1 oz Jamaican rum

1 oz Rhum Agricole

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz orange curaçao

1/2 oz orgeat

1/4 oz simple syrup

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, and strain into a double old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint and half a squeezed lime shell.