Recipe: Test Lab: Mai Tai Modified? - Tiki Drinks and Food

J jingleheimerschmidt Member santa rosa, calif. Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 339	J jingleheimerschmidt Posted posted on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 9:11 AM Mmmmm. Sounds good. I wouldn't think that the orgeat would play well with the spices. Anyhow, yes, renaming it would seem like the right thing to do. But what??? It's just a spiced mai tai. I'll let the purists chime in on that one. Also, have you tried making this drink with the strong ginger syrup? I have found that "light" ginger syrup fades real quick. I always make a strong syrup by adding a whole hand of ginger sliced into 2.5 to 3 cups of water. Throw the whole mess into our Vitamix (yes, I had to refi the house to get it) and reduce the resulting brew on the stove to approximately 2 cups. Then, after destroying the kitchen filtering out the pulp, I make a 1:1 syrup. The syrup works wonderfully in Planters' Punch.

Mmmmm. Sounds good. I wouldn't think that the orgeat would play well with the spices.

Anyhow, yes, renaming it would seem like the right thing to do. But what??? It's just a spiced mai tai. I'll let the purists chime in on that one.

Also, have you tried making this drink with the strong ginger syrup? I have found that "light" ginger syrup fades real quick. I always make a strong syrup by adding a whole hand of ginger sliced into 2.5 to 3 cups of water. Throw the whole mess into our Vitamix (yes, I had to refi the house to get it) and reduce the resulting brew on the stove to approximately 2 cups. Then, after destroying the kitchen filtering out the pulp, I make a 1:1 syrup. The syrup works wonderfully in Planters' Punch.

Post #655038 by jingleheimerschmidt on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 9:11 AM