Mai Tai
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| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| Type | Cocktail |
| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | pineapple spear and lime peel |
| Standard drinkware |
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| IBA specified ingredients† |
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| Preparation | Shake all ingredients except the dark rum together in a mixer with ice. Strain into glass and float the dark rum onto the top. Garnish and serve with straw. |
The Mai Tai is a well-known alcoholic cocktail purportedly invented at the Trader Vic's "Polynesian-style" restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. Trader Vic's amicable rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it first in 1933 at his own newly opened little bar (later a famous restaurant) in Hollywood. The Beachcomber's recipe is far more complicated than that of the Trader's and tastes quite different.[1]
"Maita'i" is the Tahitian word for "good." The spelling of the drink, however, is two words.[2][3][4]
The Trader Vic story of its invention is that the Trader (Victor J. Bergeron) created it one afternoon for some friends who were visiting from Tahiti. One of them tasted it and cried out: "Maita'i roa!" (Literally "good very!", figuratively "Out of this world!") — hence the name.
[edit] Recipe
There are many recipes for mai tais. Seven of them, including three different versions of Trader Vic's, as well as the supposed original recipe of Don the Beachcomber, can be found at Wikibooks Mai Tai.
[edit] References
- ^ Charles A. Coulombe (2005). Rum: The Epic Story Of The Drink That Conquered The World. Citadel Press. p. 258.
- ^ mai tai - Definition from the Oxford English Dictionary Subscription required
- ^ maitai - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ mai tai - Definitions from Dictionary.com
[edit] External links
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Look up mai tai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
