Mai Tai Ingredients

Won't it be an awesome idea to lie down on a hammock, one summer evening, with a chilled mai tai in hand? Unfortunately, the sad part of it is you would have to go to a nearby pub to get your drink. But relax, now you can make this drink at home. By mixing together the mai tai ingredients you can come up with refreshing cocktails

Mai Tai Drink Ingredients

Mai tai is a refreshingly popular drink, enjoyed in every party or even while spending 'me time'. There are many variations to this drink, using a combination of different ingredients, along with the original ones. Here is a list of the mai tai ingredients, which are used in the traditional and authentic mai tai recipe.

• Rum (either light or dark)
• Orange curacao
• Rock candy syrup
• Orgeat syrup
• Freshly squeezed lime juice

These days, new variants of the original cocktail are coming up, by substituting or adding new mai tai cocktail ingredients. Here are some refreshing recipes that have been concocted using different ingredients.

Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

• White rum, 2 ounces
• Dark rum, 2 ounces
• Orange curacao, 1½ ounces
• Amaretto, ½ ounce
• Lime juice, 1 ounce
• Apricot brandy, 1½ ounces
• Pineapple juice, 1 ounce
• Ice cubes

Instructions for Concoction
In a cocktail shaker, pour the ingredients, along with the ice cubes and shake it vigorously for a couple of minutes to combine them well. In a tall glass, place crushed ice and decorate it with a cocktail umbrella pierced with a pineapple wedge and a grape. Pour the contents into the glass and enjoy the chillness as it flows through you.

Blue Hawaiian Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients

• Light rum, 2 ounces
• Blue curacao liqueur, 2 ounces
• Cream of coconut, 1 ounce
• Pineapple juice, 1½ ounces
• Pineapple, 1 slice
• Cherry, 1
• Ice cubes or crushed ice

Instructions for Concoction
Place the ingredients in a blender jar and process it at a high speed. Transfer the cream of coconut and continue to blend till it combines with the rest of the ingredients. Take a highball glass and pour the drink into it. Garnish it with the pineapple slice and cherry.

Conventional Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients

• Dark rum, 3 ounces
• Light rum, 2 ounces
• Pineapple juice, 1½ ounces
• No pulp orange juice, 1½ ounces
• Sweet n' sour mix, 1¼ ounces
• Triple sec, 1 ounce
• Grenadine, ½ ounce
• Crushed ice

Instructions for Concoction
Pour all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir it to combine them. Pour into glasses and use a lemon slice and mint sprig to garnish.

Pineapple Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients

• Pineapple juice, 5 ounces
• Orange juice, 4 ounces
• Dark rum, 1 ounce
• Gold rum, 1 ounce
• Light rum, 1 ounce
• Fresh lime juice, ½ ounce
• Grenadine, ½ ounce
• Triple sec, 1 ounce
• Almond syrup, ¼ ounce
• Ice cubes

Instructions for Concoction
Place the ice cubes in a shaker and pour all the ingredients into it. Close the lid and shake it for about two minutes. Once all the ingredients have combines, transfer the drink to a tall glass. With a few ice cubes and a garnish of pineapple slice and cherry, relish this cocktail.

Spiced Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients

• Jigger spiced rum, 3 ounces
• Jigger coconut flavored rum, 2 ounces
• Orange juice. 1½ ounces
• Grenadine syrup, ¼ ounce
• Pineapple juice, 1½ ounces
• Sugar syrup, 1 teaspoon
• Ice cubes or crushed ice
• Grapefruit, 1 slice
• Maraschino cherry, 1

Instructions for Concoction
Before concocting this mai tai drink, prepare the glass in which you will be serving this cocktail. Pierce the grapefruit and cherry with a toothpick, and place a colorful straw in the glass, just to make it attractive. Combine the ingredients and shake it in a cocktail shaker. Empty the contents into the prepared glass and drop a couple of ice cubes in it. Float a mint sprig and enjoy.

These refreshing cocktails are a huge hit in any party and enjoyed by the guests. You can concoct this popular cocktail and enjoy its rejuvenating spirit in the comfort of your home. Cheers!