Post #287122 by GentleHangman on Wed, Feb 21, 2007 7:47 AM

I guess I've been doing it all wrong. I simply stick the sprig in a hole I've made in a lime shell (sort of an 'island' effect) along with a pineapple strip and a cherry. I don't bruise the leaves or anything . . . but I do get the waft of mint up my nose with every sip of my Mai Tai.
The only time I've ever actually used mint in a drink is when I make a "Hemingway Mojito" and I mash the heck out of about 10-15 mint leaves in the lime juice with my rosewood muddle stick at the bottom of the glass before adding the ice, simple syrup and rum. The flavor blend of the mint and fresh lime juice (I use Nellie & Joe's Key West bottled lime juice for this particular drink) compliments the rum (and I use Appleton Estates VX) perfectly for my taste. I know it's not a Mai Tai . . . but it's tasty and refreshing all the same. And . . . what the heck . . . good enough for Hemingway . . . good enough for me! :wink:

I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in.

GH

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