Kohanaiki 'mai tai'

Recipe by Clara Lene Kelly, Mixologist, Kohanaiki, Kona, Hawaii, USA. Image by Diana DeLucia.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce Mount Gay White Rum
• 0.25 ounces Bols Orange Curacao
• 0.25 ounces Giffards Orgeat Almond Syrup
• 1.5 ounces Fresh Pineapple Juice
• 1.5 ounces Fresh Passion Orange Juice
• 1.5 ounces Whalers Dark Rum
• ½ Lime
• Pineapple Spear
• Mint Leaf Sprig
• Plenty of Ice

Preparation

Fill a Boston Shaker with ice and add the white rum, orange curacao, orgeat syrup, pineapple juice and passion orange juice. 

Squeeze the lime into the shaker and then drop it in. Shake, then pour all of the contents into a Mai Tai glass. 

Garnish with the pineapple.

Float the dark rum. 

Slap the mint sprig and place on top. 

Bartender Note.

Make sure the glass is large enough to hold all of the ingredients. Garnish before adding the dark rum; Nobody likes their drink overflowed. The lime is the key ingredient! Its not a Mai Tai without it. 

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Kohanaiki, Kona, Hawaii, USA. Image courtesy Kohanaiki.