Mai Tai

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.

2 parts dark rum
2 parts white rum
1 part curacao
1 part grenadine
2 parts pineapple juice
dash orgeat syrup
1 part lime juice

Shake all ingredients except the dark rum together in a mixer with ice. Strain into glass and float the dark rum onto the top.