Post #558136 by CincyTikiCraig on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 2:11 PM

On 2010-10-06 12:32, Trader Tom wrote:

On 2010-10-06 12:26, CincyTikiCraig wrote:
I noticed something about the Mai Kai's drinks, they all tend to have a wonderful viscosity. That is, they have a particularly thick and silky mouth feel, an unctuousness if you will. It's a texture that's missing in the Tiki Cocktails that I make at home. I wonder how they get this texture in their drinks? There's definitely honey involved, but there's something else as well. I use honey syrup generously in many of my drinks (Navy Grog for instance), but I don't get quite this level of silky texture in my drinks, so there's something else going on here. Could the Mai Tai be using the legendary Don The Beachcomber honey butter mix in their drinks? That milk fat would explain the distinctive texture. Any Mai Kai veterans out there wanna give their two cents?

Could it be they are using gomme syrup in place of regular simple syrup? I've not been there, so I can't say, but gomme syrup would explain the silky mouth feel you are describing.

Good point Tom, cold be a combo of honey & gomme syrup.