Mai Tai - The truth please. - Tiki Drinks and Food

T TofuJoe Member Oakland, CA. Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 148	T TofuJoe Posted posted on Thu, Sep 7, 2006 11:42 AM OK I'll bite :wink: Just looking at them, the two recipes you listed appear to be vastly different drinks. I would think that making them side by side, they would taste nothing like one another. Cointreau is not the same as Curacao Falernum is not the same as simple syrup+Orgeat the amounts of the ingredients is completely different Barbados rum is not the same as Jamaican Beyond that, what Chip and Andy says rings very true to me. There are some key ingredients that seem to appear in Rum highlighting drinks. In fact, I understand that Edward Hamilton (Ministry of Rum) likes to use what he calls a Petite Punch to show off a good rum in a cocktail. His "punch" is simply Lime, Sugar Syrup and rum with a bit of ice.

OK I'll bite :wink:

Just looking at them, the two recipes you listed appear to be vastly different drinks. I would think that making them side by side, they would taste nothing like one another.
Cointreau is not the same as Curacao
Falernum is not the same as simple syrup+Orgeat
the amounts of the ingredients is completely different
Barbados rum is not the same as Jamaican

Beyond that, what Chip and Andy says rings very true to me. There are some key ingredients that seem to appear in Rum highlighting drinks. In fact, I understand that Edward Hamilton (Ministry of Rum) likes to use what he calls a Petite Punch to show off a good rum in a cocktail. His "punch" is simply Lime, Sugar Syrup and rum with a bit of ice.

Post #252872 by TofuJoe on Thu, Sep 7, 2006 11:42 AM