Best Mai Tai Recipe

This Best Mai Tai Recipe brings the classic tiki cocktail into your home easily. Blending aged rum, citrus, and almond-sweet orgeat, it delivers a perfect balance of sweet, sour, and spirited flavor. Shaken with ice and topped with a rum float, garnished with fresh mint and lime, it’s a refreshing and elegant drink—ideal for warm evenings or tropical-themed gatherings.

Ingredients

• 1½ oz (45 ml) white or aged rum
• ¾ oz (22 ml) orange curaçao (or triple sec)
• ¾ oz (22 ml) freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ oz (15 ml) orgeat syrup
• ½ oz (15 ml) dark rum (for float)
• Garnish: mint sprig and lime wheel

Directions

1. Fill a shaker with crushed ice.
2. Add white rum, orange curaçao, lime juice, and orgeat syrup.
3. Shake lightly for about 3 seconds; chill and dilute properly.
4. Pour into a double rocks glass filled with crushed ice.
5. Float the dark rum on top by pouring gently.
6. Garnish with a lime wheel and a sprig of mint.