Post #555303 by CincyTikiCraig on Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:43 PM

On 2010-05-06 18:47, amybean wrote:
I've been using a total of 3.5 oz drink plus ice, so a half size tiki mug or a small juice glass, or even a 12 oz rocks glass works just fine. hic

Haven't been too particular w/my brands of rum (egads!) but the drink is of the gods.
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz orgeat
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
shake with ice, pour over ice (I use 3 cubes)
float
1 oz dark rum
garnish w/mint

You want a lot more ice than that, the drink should be well chilled. The standard practice with a proper Mai Tai is to pour the drink unstrained into your glass, hence the need for the larger volume of a double old fashioned glass.