Post #500427 by Chip and Andy on Tue, Dec 22, 2009 11:54 AM

On 2009-12-22 05:19, Wayfarer wrote:
I'm having trouble with my mai tai's- the dark rum drowns out everything else! I'm using the Trader Vic recipe from Trader Vic's Tiki Party with these ingredients-
Myers's Dark Rum
Bacardi Gold Rum
DeKuypers Curacao
Torani Orgeat
Lime
Simple Syrup

The particular rums I'm using because they're the only brands sold on the island. Any suggestions on how to tweak the volumes so the flavor taste better.

Meyer's is some powerful stuff..... if your pouring it anything other than a Coke you have to really be careful!

With those ingredients, maintaining that is all you have or can get, try this:

1/2 ounce Myers's Dark Rum
1 1/2 ounce Bacardi Gold Rum
1 ounce DeKuypers Curacao
3/4 ounce Lime
1/2 ounce Torani Orgeat
Simple Syrup to taste, between 1/4 and 1/2 ounce.

The Myers will crush most anything you add it to, so keep it on the lighter side.

The Curacao is a bit weak overall so use more. It has its own sweetness, so we will have to cut the simple syrup back.

The lime is to your taste, start with 3/4 ounce and go from there. You may want to use more to offset some of the Meyers.

I don't know what the Torani Orgeat tastes like, but based on other commercial products it will be a bit weak in the flavor a probably way too sweet.

Leaving you the simple syrup..... you may not need any at all because everything else your using is on the sweeter side.

Shake this over the finest ice you can manage, and then pour over crushed ice.

If you can get them garnish with an orange AND lime wedge/slice/chunk. The orange will help 'control' the Meyers.

As always with bar instructions... your mileage may vary. And tell us what you come up with and how.

And maybe you can send smoke signals to the second island on the right and see if they can get you some better curacao.