Mai Tai cocktail recipe

The Mai Tai is an alcoholic cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur, and lime juice, associated with Polynesian-style settings.

It was purportedly invented at the Trader Vic's restaurant in Oakland, California, in 1944. Trader Vic's rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it in 1933 at his then-new bar named for himself (later a famous restaurant) in Hollywood. Don the Beachcomber's recipe is more complex than that of Vic's and tastes quite different.

Mai Tai Ingredients:

-  1 jigger White Rum
-  ¼ jigger Orange Curaçao
-  1/4 jigger Orgeat syrup
-  drizzle of rock candy syrup
-  ¼ jigger fresh lime juice
-  1 jigger dark rum

Preparation:

-  Shake all ingredients except the dark rum together in a mixer with ice.
-  Strain into glass.
-  Float the dark rum onto the top.
-  Garnish with tropical fruit.
-  Serve with straw.