The Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe
I am OBSESSED with tiki drinks and this passion fruit Mai Tai is my current favorite! The blend of rums, passion fruit, Cointreau, orgeat, and lime gives this Mai Tai a unique flavor that's tropical, nutty, boozy, and zingy. (See the blog post above for instructions on how to make this a pitcher cocktail.)
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 oz dark Jamaican rum
- 1 oz light rum
- 3/4 oz Cointreau (or other orange liqueur)
- 1 oz passion fruit puree*
- 1/2 oz orgeat syrup
- 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
- crushed ice
- mint sprigs , for garnish
- sliced lime , for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a double old fashioned glass with crushed ice to the top. Set aside.
- Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake for 15 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail mixture into the prepared glass and garnish with sliced lime and mint springs.
- Optional: Float 1/4 oz of rum on top.
Notes
*Passion fruit: Fresh passionfruit juice is great for this, but I buy a frozen puree that has very little sugar added to it. This is important because the drink is supposed to be a bit tart.
If you're using fresh passion fruit, juice the fruit through a fine mesh sieve or strainer to remove the seeds and then double the amount of fresh juice and orgeat in the recipe. Store-bought passion fruit puree is more concentrated than fresh passion fruit juice, so you need to add more.
