Post #574922 by old band alum on Sun, Feb 6, 2011 12:24 PM

Since I posted this topic a week ago, I have had over 100 people read it so far, but none has posted a reply. I have not been able to visit TV's Emeryville, so I have not been able to taste those original drinks. I do not have the actual recepies, but I wanted to share some information. First, the 3 glasses that come with The Wave surfboard are 5 oz, the regular Mai Tai glasses are 15 oz, so the drinks on the surfboard would be 1/3 the size than if you ordered each drink seperately. If you look at photos of the drinks on The Wave, the 3 Mai Tai's appear to have 3 different colors, so they must have different ingredients. If anyone can post a photo of the 3 drinks on The Wave or seperately please do so. There are basicaly 2 ways TV's makes a Mai Tai-regular version- with rums, lime, Mai Tai-mix, and garnish, or 1944 version with rums, lime (orange curacao, oregat syrup and rock candy syrup)-aka (oc, os, & rcs). The TV's Emeryville Menu describes each of The Wave Mai Tai's as follows: Maui Mai Tai-"pineapple, Mai Tai mix, dark rum". Guava Mai Tai-"light & gold rums, guava juice, secret formula". TV's sells a guava rum, but so does Cruzan. Mango Mai Tai-"even more tropical with mango". TV's also sells a mango rum, but so does Capt Morgans Parrot Bay. I encourage each of you to try to make each of these Wave Mai Tai's different ways,regular size and 1/3 size (with the Mai Tai mix or with oc, os & rcs), lime, as allways, garnish and different rums. Then post what you think. I hope your concoctions will be just as good as when Trader Vic invented the Mai Tai in 1944. Thats when Carrie Guild sampled the first one and told Trader Vic the new drink was "Mai Tai-Roe Ae", which in Tahitian means "Out of this world-the best".