Mai Tai and Blue Hawaiian Recipe

Mai Tai and Blue Hawaiian Recipe

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Ingredients

For the Mai Tai

• 1 ounce aged or dark rum
• 1 ounce silver (light) rum
• 1 ounce triple sec or Curacao
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoonorgeat or almond-flavored beverage syrup, Orgeat is a flavoring with almond and hints of vanilla and rosewater. Almond flavoring syrup also works well.
• 1 teaspoongrenadine (optional)
• Fresh pineapple wedges
• Maraschino cherry
• Fresh mint sprigs
• For the Blue Hawaiian
• 1 ounce silver (light) rum
• 1 ounce blue Curacao
• 1 ounce cream of coconut, such as Coco Lopez
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• Fresh pineapple wedge
• Maraschino cherry

Directions

Make the Mai Tai

• 1. Fill a large tiki or hurricane glass with ice. Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rums, triple sec, lime juice, orgeat, and grenadine, if using, to the shaker. Shake well. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Garnish with the pineapple, cherry, and mint. Imbibe.
• Make the Blue Hawaiian
• 2. Fill a large tiki or hurricane glass with ice. Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rum, Curacao, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice to the shaker. Shake well. (Prefer a frozen Blue Hawaiian? Process the liquid ingredients with 1 cup cracked ice in a blender until smooth.) Strain the cocktail into the glass. Garnish with the pineapple and cherry.