"Mai Tai" (in quotes) question - Tiki Drinks and Food

T tikiwinebear Member Santa Rosa, CA (Sonoma - wine country) Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 582	T tikiwinebear Posted posted on 03/21/2008 Aloha and congrats, LogicBomB! We were just on Maui a few weeks ago, and also had some Mai Tais at a luau thrown by one of the nicer hotels. We knew the Mai Tais were not a "traditional" recipe that we on TC would call a Mai Tai, but they were mighty tasty for tropical drinks. I asked what the ingredients were and was told it contained Passion Fruit juice, Orange juice, and Guava juice. Then they added a dark rum to this mixture; they used Hana Bay Dark Rum. I was surprised there was no pineapple juice like everyone else seems to use, but I had noticed the lack of acidity in their drink. The luau also served a "Blue Hawaiian", but I was afraid to ask what the ingredients were. Not much in this world is that electric blue color. Hope this information gets you closer in finding that special flavor! Aloha, Myke

Aloha and congrats, LogicBomB!
We were just on Maui a few weeks ago, and also had some Mai Tais at a luau thrown by one of the nicer hotels. We knew the Mai Tais were not a "traditional" recipe that we on TC would call a Mai Tai, but they were mighty tasty for tropical drinks. I asked what the ingredients were and was told it contained Passion Fruit juice, Orange juice, and Guava juice. Then they added a dark rum to this mixture; they used Hana Bay Dark Rum. I was surprised there was no pineapple juice like everyone else seems to use, but I had noticed the lack of acidity in their drink.

The luau also served a "Blue Hawaiian", but I was afraid to ask what the ingredients were. Not much in this world is that electric blue color.

Hope this information gets you closer in finding that special flavor!

Aloha,
Myke

Post #368332 by tikiwinebear on 03/21/2008