Shaken · Rocks
GarnishBrandied cherry, lime wedge, mint bouquet
Shaken · Rocks
Don the Beachcomber
Don's Mai Tai cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1 oz
- 0.67 ozPink grapefruit juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 ozOrange curaçao
Bottle · Orange Curaçao
- 0.5 ozLime juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 0.33 ozVelvet falernum
Bottle · Velvet Falernum
- 1 tspSimple syrup (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 2 dashes
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
Bottle · Angostura Bitters
Method · Shaken
- 1Shake everything with ice until cold.
- 2Strain into a double rocks glass and top with crushed ice.
- 3Garnish with a brandied cherry, a lime wedge and a mint bouquet.
- Glass
- Rocks
- Ice
- Crushed
- Garnish
- Brandied cherry, lime wedge, mint bouquet
Prep ahead
Fresh juice
Grapefruit Juice
- Yield
- About 6 oz per grapefruit
- Keeps
- 2 to 3 days
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh grapefruit
Method
- 1Juice and fine strain. Store in the refrigerator.
Fresh juice
Lime Juice
- Yield
- About 1 oz per lime
- Keeps
- 1 day
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh limes
Method
- 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Simple Syrup (1:1)
- Yield
- Example batch: 500 g sugar, 500 g water
- Keeps
- 1 month
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 partwhite sugar (by weight)
- 1 partboiling water (by weight)
Method
- 1Weigh equal parts sugar and boiling water from the hot water kettle. Stir well until the sugar dissolves. Let cool down and bottle. Label the bottle. Refrigerate.
About the Don's Mai Tai
Don's Mai Tai is a tiki cocktail made with jamaican rum, pink grapefruit juice and orange curaçao, created by Don the Beachcomber.
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