How to Make the Perfect Mai Tai - Tiki Drinks and Food

D djmont Member Potomac Falls, VA Joined: Aug 03, 2011 Posts: 376	D djmont Posted posted on Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:32 PM There's no such thing as a "perfect" Mai Tai, nor a perfect rum to use. You can talk about an "original" Mai Tai, but even that probably wouldn't match the platonic ideal of a Mai Tai. Hell, Vic used commercial orgeat! A Mai Tai isn't specific to a particular rum, although it was created with one. But as Vic himself recounts the story, he took down a bottle of "great rum" -- the 17-year-old J. Wray Nephew -- that was "surprisingly golden in color, medium bodied, but with the rich pungent flavor particular to the Jamaican blends." It didn't have to be THAT rum. It was just a great rum Vic wanted to showcase. (This is all assuming, of course, that any of this is true.) He certainly used other rums to make his Mai Tais over the years, finally settling on the combination of 1 ounce dark Jamaica rum and 1 ounce Martinique rum. All of this is instructive -- but the "best" Mai Tai is the one YOU like best. Who cares what anyone else thinks?

There's no such thing as a "perfect" Mai Tai, nor a perfect rum to use. You can talk about an "original" Mai Tai, but even that probably wouldn't match the platonic ideal of a Mai Tai. Hell, Vic used commercial orgeat!

A Mai Tai isn't specific to a particular rum, although it was created with one. But as Vic himself recounts the story, he took down a bottle of "great rum" -- the 17-year-old J. Wray Nephew -- that was "surprisingly golden in color, medium bodied, but with the rich pungent flavor particular to the Jamaican blends." It didn't have to be THAT rum. It was just a great rum Vic wanted to showcase. (This is all assuming, of course, that any of this is true.)

He certainly used other rums to make his Mai Tais over the years, finally settling on the combination of 1 ounce dark Jamaica rum and 1 ounce Martinique rum.

All of this is instructive -- but the "best" Mai Tai is the one YOU like best. Who cares what anyone else thinks?

Post #692496 by djmont on Wed, Sep 4, 2013 5:32 PM