Post #227735 by tikibars on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 4:26 PM

On 2006-04-20 10:56, Chip and Andy wrote:
The 'original' recipe for a Mai-Tai is surprisingly simple... And, the recipe in question is some rum, lime, flavorings and garnish. Nothing fancy, nothing exotic, but when mixed together well, you pour something more than the sum of it's parts.

So, to the point I want to make in reference to pineapple....To many people/bars/books/etc... are using the Mai-Tai name as some sort of 'generic' cocktail name for something with rum in it. Is the Mai-Tai becoming the Martini of the Tiki Bar? And, speaking of martini's... just because it is served in a martini glass does not make it a martini. It is a cocktail in a martini glass. So, to continue, just because you modified your recipe for todays bar tending practices and add pineapple and grenadine does not mean it is a Mai-Tai. It may be Mai-Tai like... Mai-Tai flavored.... Mai-Tai insipired.... Whatever you want to call it, it is something other than a Mai-Tai.

Well put, Chip!

I second that, and move that we adjourn to the bar for further evidence.