Post #19535 by PiPhiRho on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 5:40 PM

OK, well the last few times I have been to Beverage Warehouse they have had the TV rums, but only the dark and the spiced. Bev Warehouse also carries most of the better rums, including the St James Martinique rum, the Mt Gay Sugar Cane, all three ages of Barbancourt and the Noa Noa Tahitian.

I use Noa Noa to make my mai tais. It has a very unique aged taste and makes a great sipping rum as well as a great mai tai. I usually add a darker rum to it too. Usually Myers's, or maybe demerarra. If I make it from the TV's mix rather than from scratch, I add a couple shakes of Orange Bitters to enhance the flavor some.

It's true that TV's mix is different from the store bought mix. I noticed that both watching them pre-mix mai tais at the Bash and watching them mix at the restaurant bar. The restaurant mix is darker and more syrupy than the bottled mix. The bottled mix is also more sour. So, when using the mix I add a little more orgeat and the orange bitters and get a taste that is closer to what is served in the restaurant, even though the color doesn't match.