The Mai Tai, a component study in Mixology - Tiki Drinks and Food

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Sat, Jul 29, 2006 8:27 AM I am glad to see everyone enjoyed the tasting journey through a Mai-Tai. And, some of you have mentioned doing something similar for other drinks. I hope you share your results here. At least I hope I am invited! It is obviously much easier to do this kind of project with a few people sitting around a bar (home or otherwise) because you get not only the drink ingredient exploration, but you get the sights, sounds, and aroma of all of the ingredients. Doing this kind of thing on a message board like Tiki Central is a real challenge, but that actually made it more fun because you get to pull out all of the adjectives you don't normally get to use to describe things. And, to comment on some of the comments.... Some of you 'know' what a good Mai-Tai is, some of you don't. If you have had a good Mai-Tai or, more importantly, if you make a good Mai-Tai I am hoping you will share with us what you use and how you make it. For the rest, the sole purpose of this thread was to entertain your imagination about the 'what is' and 'how to' of a Mai-Tai. I will consider this thread a success if you smiled at any point in the reading of it. I will consider this thread a huge success if you are now looking for or making good/better/perfect Mai-Tai's.

I am glad to see everyone enjoyed the tasting journey through a Mai-Tai. And, some of you have mentioned doing something similar for other drinks. I hope you share your results here. At least I hope I am invited!

It is obviously much easier to do this kind of project with a few people sitting around a bar (home or otherwise) because you get not only the drink ingredient exploration, but you get the sights, sounds, and aroma of all of the ingredients. Doing this kind of thing on a message board like Tiki Central is a real challenge, but that actually made it more fun because you get to pull out all of the adjectives you don't normally get to use to describe things.

And, to comment on some of the comments.... Some of you 'know' what a good Mai-Tai is, some of you don't. If you have had a good Mai-Tai or, more importantly, if you make a good Mai-Tai I am hoping you will share with us what you use and how you make it. For the rest, the sole purpose of this thread was to entertain your imagination about the 'what is' and 'how to' of a Mai-Tai. I will consider this thread a success if you smiled at any point in the reading of it. I will consider this thread a huge success if you are now looking for or making good/better/perfect Mai-Tai's.

Post #245616 by Chip and Andy on Sat, Jul 29, 2006 8:27 AM