Post #368057 by Jason Wickedly on Wed, Mar 19, 2008 9:29 PM

On 2008-03-19 13:50, leisure master wrote:
I'm sorry, but here's the only place I would use TV mix:

OK, now the old man rant:

A mai tai is such an easy drink to make with fresh ingredients I just can't comprehend using a mix. Especially when you are using orgeat too. Once you have the orgeat (which is likely a store-bought one that is sweet), its just rum, lime juice and cointreau. Simple syrup is probably not needed with the sticky orgeat.

I know this sounds snobby, but the drink described above is not a mai tai. I am sure it's a tasty drink, but it's really some kind of rum punch. Calling it a mai tai is like asking if you like the chicken in your hamburgers grilled or fried. Chicken makes a tasty sandwich, but its not a hamburger.

If you don't like the real recipe, then just admit you don't like mai tais. Its OK, really. More for the rest of us.

Does using Cointreau instead of orange curacao make it a chicken sandwich also?