Mai Tai

Mai Tai
IBA official cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Rum;
Served	shaved or crushed ice
Standard garnish	pineapple spear, mint leaves, and lime peel
Standard drinkware	Old fashioned glass
IBA specified; ingredients†	30 ml amber Jamaican rum; 30 ml Martinique molasses rhum; 15 ml orange curaçao; 15 ml orgeat syrup (almond); 30 ml fresh lime juice; 7.5 ml simple syrup;
Preparation	Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a double rocks glass or a highball glass.
Notes	The Martinique molasses rum used by Trader Vic was not a Rhum Agricole but a type of "rummy" from molasses.
	† Mai Tai recipe at International Bartenders Association

The Mai Tai (/ˈmaɪ ˈtaɪ/ MYE TYE) is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture.^[1]

^ Curtis, Wayne (2007). And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 227.