Post #225917 by thinkingbartender on Mon, Apr 10, 2006 4:37 AM

Mai Tai! Trader Vic versus Don the Beachcomber!

Trader Vic's Recipe

*2 oz 17-year-old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican rum
*1/2 oz French Garnier Orgeat
*1/2 oz Holland DeKuyper Orange Curacao
*1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup
*juice from one fresh lime

Shake with Ice, and then strain into Rocks Glass, which is filled with Crushed Ice. Garnish with the half lime, and a Mint Sprig.

Don the Beachcomber's Recipe

"Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine by Don the Beachcomber" by Arnold Bitner

*1 1/2 ounces Myers's Plantation Rum
*1 ounce Cuban Rum
*3/4 ounce Fresh Lime Juice
*1 ounce Fresh Grapefruit Juice
*1/4 Falernum Syrup
*1/2 ounce Cointreau
*2 dashes Angostura bitters
*1 dash Pernod
*1 cup cracked ice

Pour all the liquids into a cocktail shaker. Fill it with ice and shake for about 30 seconds. Pour it all into a 16-ounce double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with lime slice, pineapple, and mint sprig.

The TV Mai-Tai seems like a more stream-lined drink than the convaluted DB Mai-Tai.

Where are the verifiable facts for getting to the bottom of the Mai Tai Mystery? Are there source for the time period? Cocktail books? etc?

Cheers!

George