Mai Tai

Name: Mai Tai
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 30 ml Fresh lime juice; 15 ml orange curaçao; 15 ml orgeat syrup; 15 ml White rum; 45 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 150 g ice, for shaking; 150 g Crushed ice, to serve

3 min 18s · 48s active · makes ~420 g · Easy

A cocktail of white rum and aged Jamaican rum balanced with fresh lime juice, orange curaçao, and orgeat syrup, served over crushed ice.

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Mai Tai

A cocktail of white rum and aged Jamaican rum balanced with fresh lime juice, orange curaçao, and orgeat syrup, served over crushed ice.

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TOTAL TIME

3 min 18s

ACTIVE TIME

48s

QUANTITY

~420 g

DIFFICULTY

Easy

CUISINE

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Who’s eating

Cooking for A typical adult.

This may be a little light — some at the table might still be peckish.

Portions & fullness

Ingredients0/7

Tools0/3

Ingredients

0/7 gathered · 1 servings

30ml

15ml

45ml

for shaking150g

to serve150g

#	Quantity	Notes	State
1	30ml	—	—
2	15ml	—	—
3	15ml	—	—
4	15ml	—	—
5	45ml	—	—
6	150g	for shaking	—
7	150g	to serve	—

Tools

3 items

Serveware

1 item

Procedure

6 steps

1 of 6

Pour the lime juice into the cocktail shaker.

Fresh lime juice · 30 ml

⏱ 5s

ResultFresh lime juice

2 of 6

Add the orange curaçao to the shaker.

Orange curaçao · 15 ml

⏱ 5s

ResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao

3 of 6

Add the orgeat syrup to the shaker.

Orgeat syrup · 15 ml

⏱ 5s

ResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao and orgeat syrup

4 of 6

Add the white rum to the shaker.

White rum · 15 ml

⏱ 5s

ResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao mixture

5 of 6

Add the aged Jamaican rum to the shaker.

Aged Jamaican rum · 45 ml

⏱ 5s

ResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao mixture

6 of 6

Fill the shaker with ice, seal it and shake hard for about 15 seconds until the outside is well frosted.

Ice · 150 g

⏱ 15s

ResultShaken mai tai

Total Time3 min 18s

#	Product	Action
1	30 ml	Pour the lime juice into the cocktail shaker.⏱ 5sResultFresh lime juice
2	15 ml	Add the orange curaçao to the shaker.⏱ 5sResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao
3	15 ml	Add the orgeat syrup to the shaker.⏱ 5sResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao and orgeat syrup
4	15 ml	Add the white rum to the shaker.⏱ 5sResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao mixture
5	45 ml	Add the aged Jamaican rum to the shaker.⏱ 5sResultFresh lime juice and orange curaçao mixture
6	150 g	Fill the shaker with ice, seal it and shake hard for about 15 seconds until the outside is well frosted.⏱ 15sResultShaken mai tai
Total Time		3 min 18s

Serving

Strain the cocktail over a generous scoop of crushed ice into a rocks glass.

Nutrition

per serving

Estimated · pre-cooking · 86% ingredients covered

Nutrient	Per serving
	240kcal
	0.3g
	0.1g
	18g
	15g
	0.9g
	2mg

Ingredients0/7

Tools0/3

Recipe

Mai Tai

A cocktail of white rum and aged Jamaican rum balanced with fresh lime juice, orange curaçao, and orgeat syrup, served over crushed ice.

What you’ll doYou will combine lime juice, curaçao, orgeat and both rums in a shaker, then shake hard until the outside frosts before straining over crushed ice. The timing is tight—fifteen seconds of vigorous shaking—and the drink must go into the glass while cold.

Serves1

Total3 min 18s

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Fresh lime juice30 ml
Orange curaçao15 ml
Orgeat syrup15 ml
White rum15 ml
Aged Jamaican rum45 ml
Ice, for shaking150 g
Crushed ice, to serve150 g

Tools

Cocktail strainerRocks glassCocktail shaker

Method

Pour the lime juice into the cocktail shaker.

5sCocktail shakerFresh lime juice · 30 ml

Add the orange curaçao to the shaker.

5sCocktail shakerOrange curaçao · 15 ml

Add the orgeat syrup to the shaker.

5sCocktail shakerOrgeat syrup · 15 ml

Add the white rum to the shaker.

5sCocktail shakerWhite rum · 15 ml

Add the aged Jamaican rum to the shaker.

5sCocktail shakerAged Jamaican rum · 45 ml

Fill the shaker with ice, seal it and shake hard for about 15 seconds until the outside is well frosted.

15sCocktail shakerIce · 150 g

Strain the cocktail over a generous scoop of crushed ice into a rocks glass.

Result · Mai Tai

8sRocks glassCrushed ice · 150 g

Printed 10 October 2026