Post #147090 by Trader_Rick on Tue, Mar 15, 2005 7:58 PM

I have just gotten through looking for all the ingredients for an old-way Mai Tai when at the the very last place I should look, the Vons less than blocks from my house, I should find Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix. This is surprising b/c I have never known them to carry any mixers other that Mrs. T's. Anyway, when the last time I had seen the Trader Vic's mix was in Hawaii and I remember distinctly that the label on the bottle showed a clipper ship, whereas the label on the bottle I just bought is a reprint of the original 1950's label. Does anyone know if this is a limited edition thing in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Mai Tai or is this how the bottle is going to look from now on? Either way, it look's really cool and the bottle is sitting on a shelf in my room, unopened, next to some mugs and figures.

Incidentally, if anyone cares all I could find of the old-way ingredients were Appleton Rum and Orgeat syrup. I could not find curacao so I substituted triple-sec instead. Not bad, really.