Trader Vic's

BTC Billy the Crud Member San Diego Joined: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 996	BTC Billy the Crud Posted posted on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 12:44 PM I was looking online for the ingredients for that stuff and just ended up finding it in another thread, compliments of Shipwreck Joey: water high fructose corn syrup natural flavors (?) citric acid (E330) sodium benzoate (E211) xantham (E415) artificial carmel color (E150d) If you think an "impure" booze can give you a rockin', bowling-ball-in-the-head hangover, then mix any FINE rum with this toxic, chemically modified sludge, and you're going to get the same effect. I've also tried this stuff, and it smelled/tasted like a Mai Tai, but as Mai Tai mentioned, a little weaker, but with a heavy hint of HFC and formaldehyde. Pre-mixes are good for whipping out a cocktail in a pinch(for people who don't care what they're ingesting), but to me, the consequences are not worth it. I've tried other Mai Tai mixes as well, like "Mr & Mrs Ts" and "On the House", and they are even worse on the level that the Trader Vics at least got the flavor and aroma right. The ingredients on the other two mixers were even more artificial than the Trader Vics. Spend the money on the real stuff and wow your friends. The goal here is to destroy the liver, not the pancreas, gall bladder, kidneys, nervous system, and soul! View my work @ http://www.myspace.com/sandiegotikicarvers [ Edited by: Billy the Crud 2008-07-06 12:46 ]

I was looking online for the ingredients for that stuff and just ended up finding it in another thread, compliments of Shipwreck Joey:

water
high fructose corn syrup
natural flavors (?)
citric acid (E330)
sodium benzoate (E211)
xantham (E415)
artificial carmel color (E150d)

If you think an "impure" booze can give you a rockin', bowling-ball-in-the-head hangover, then mix any FINE rum with this toxic, chemically modified sludge, and you're going to get the same effect. I've also tried this stuff, and it smelled/tasted like a Mai Tai, but as Mai Tai mentioned, a little weaker, but with a heavy hint of HFC and formaldehyde. Pre-mixes are good for whipping out a cocktail in a pinch(for people who don't care what they're ingesting), but to me, the consequences are not worth it. I've tried other Mai Tai mixes as well, like "Mr & Mrs Ts" and "On the House", and they are even worse on the level that the Trader Vics at least got the flavor and aroma right. The ingredients on the other two mixers were even more artificial than the Trader Vics. Spend the money on the real stuff and wow your friends. The goal here is to destroy the liver, not the pancreas, gall bladder, kidneys, nervous system, and soul!

View my work @

http://www.myspace.com/sandiegotikicarvers

[ Edited by: Billy the Crud 2008-07-06 12:46 ]

Post #391946 by Billy the Crud on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 12:44 PM