Post #558635 by GeneriKB on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 12:42 PM

The Mai Tai is a drink that truly depends on the quality of it's ingredients to make it great, especially the rums and the orange curacao.

It's been mentioned before, but a good Appleton 12yr old is pretty much a standard. It's the "foundation rum" for the drink.

Then you need the Martinique rum...this is the "showman rum", the one that really makes you lick your lips after every sip. Clement VSOP is a great one, but I personally love the St. James Hors D'age. Holy mother-of-pearl that rum is delicious.

The Orange Curacao is the tricky one, because most of them tend to be too artificial tasting. Clement's Creole Shrubb is about the best I've found so far. Marie Brizard's is okay, but after tasting the Creole Shrubb I'll never go back to MB.

Tastes to vary of course, so take some of the great options in here and mix & match. You'll find true love soon enough!