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--- beverages:mai_tai [2022/07/19 11:27] – [Mai Tai Mixer] admin
+++ beverages:mai_tai [2023/06/07 09:07] (current) – admin
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 ====== Mai Tai ======
-I used to get the best Mai Tai's at Jimmy Wong's on Wabash in downtown Chicago. Unfortunately they are no more. Pre-made Mai Tai 'mixers' used to be commonly available, but they never gave the same results, and have generally been replaced by margaritta mixers on the store shelves. I realized that the complexity of a Mai Tai is the liquirs, not the fruit juice, so here is my recipe for a mixer that will let you throw together a decent Mai Tai with minimum effort:
+I used to get the best Mai Tai's at Jimmy Wong's on Wabash in downtown Chicago (45 years ago). Unfortunately they are no more. Pre-made Mai Tai 'mixers' used to be commonly available, but they never gave the same results, and have generally been replaced by margaritta mixers on the store shelves. I realized that the complexity of a Mai Tai is the liquors, not the fruit juice, so here is my recipe for a mixer that will let you throw together a decent Mai Tai with minimum effort:
 ===== Mai Tai Mixer =====
-  * 1 cup silver Rum
+  * 10 oz (1 ¼ cup) silver Rum
-  * 1 cup gold Rum
-  * 1/2 cup Ameretto
-  * 2 oz (1/4 cup) Grenadine
-Combine in an empty 750ml bottle, you're always ready to make a Mai Tai on a moment's notice! Combine 2 to 2.5 oz Mai Tai mixer with 6 oz pinaple juice over ice. Enjoy! (little umbrella optional)
-==== Mai Tai Mixer Rev1 ====
-  * 1 cup silver Rum
-  * 1 cup gold Rum
-  * 1/2 cup Ameretto
-  * 2 oz (1/4 cup) Grenadine
-  * 1/4 cup Triple Sec
-Treaking the recipe, this one is a little too sweet, but the triple sec improves the profile.
-==== Mai Tai Mixer Rev2 ====
-  * 10oz (1 ¼ cup) silver Rum
   * 10 oz (1 ¼ cup) gold Rum
   * 4 oz (½ cup) Ameretto
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   * 2 oz (¼ cup) Triple Sec
-Another tweak, hoping to cut the sweetness a little...
+If you prepare the mixer ahead, you're never more than a few seconds away from a Mai Tai!
+Use 2 oz mixer (more or less to taste), add 6 oz Pineaple juice (I keep a few 6 oz cans in the fridge), ice. Finish with fruit garnish and little unbrella.
+===== Other Mai Tai References =====
-===== Main Street Pour House - Woodstock, IL =====
+==== Main Street Pour House - Woodstock, IL ====
   * Light Rum
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   * Grenadine
-===== Le Maitai =====
+==== Le Maitai ====
 From a Tahiti postcard.