Mai Tai Recipe
This Mai Tai is such a classic cocktail recipe with 3 kinds of rum, lime, orange and almond. It's the perfect way to transport yourself to the beach!
Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 487kcal
Cost: $8
Ingredients
For 1 cocktail:
- 1.5 ounces light rum
- 1.5 ounces gold rum
- 2 ounces triple sec
- 1 ounce lime juice
- ½ ounce Amaretto (almond liqueur) see note
- 1 ounce dark rum
For a pitcher:
- 1 cup light rum
- ½ cup gold rum
- ½ cup dark rum
- 1 cup triple sec
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 2-3 cups pineapple and/or orange juice and/or club soda or lemon lime soda
- ¼ cup Amaretto (almond liqueur) see note
Instructions
For one cocktail:
- Mix light and gold rum, triple sec, lime juice, and almond liqueur in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain over ice. Add dark rum on top.
For pitcher:
- Mix all ingredients in a large pitcher. Adjust strength/sweetness as needed by adding simple syrup or more juice. Serve over ice.
Video
Notes
Amaretto Substitutions:
- Substitute orgeat or other simple syrup or grenadine (start with 1/2 ounce and add more as needed for desired sweetness)
- Substitute 1 ounce pineapple or orange juice for the amaretto
- Substitute more of one rum for another, if you don't have all three.
- Coconut rum is a great sub also
- If you want a weaker cocktail (this is VERY strong) then add 1-2 ounces pineapple juice to taste.
- The drink, as written, isn't very sweet, so if you like a sweeter drink, add some simple syrup or grenadine.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 487kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 7mg | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin C: 9mg