Post #356732 by Kahuna Kent on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 9:26 AM

In Trader Vic's article from 1970, recounting how he created the Mai Tai, he says "a generous amount of shaved ice" - This stuff is really fine, sliced (or "shaved") with a blade from a big chunk of ice, not "cracked" or "crushed" - I don't think Trader Vics restaurants make them this way today - they use "crushed ice" - little chunks a few millimeters across. I've made them at home using both "crushed" and "shaved" ice - and really the shaved ice is much smoother and colder of a drink.