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Mai Tai

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Blended Aged Rum (ideally, Denizen Merchant Reserve)
• ½ oz Dry Curaçao
• ¾ oz Orgeat
• ¼ oz rich demarara syrup (see notes)
• ¾ oz Lime Juice
• 1 drop vanilla extract
• 1 drop 5:1 saline
• Spent Lime Shell and Mint Sprig Garnish

Directions:

• Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker.
• Shake vigorously over ice.
• Pour in glass. Top with ice.
• Garnish with lime shell and mint sprig.

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Notes:

• Original recipe calls for Smuggler’s Cove’s Orgeat and Smuggler’s Cove Mai Tai syrup. Honestly, probably not worth the effort because I don’t make a lot of Mai Tais. The Mai Tai syrup is a 2:1 demerara syrup (which I keep around) that has vanilla and salt added. So I’m just using rich demerara with added vanilla and saline in the drink.
• The smuggler’s cove orgeat is also a 2:1 syrup, and since we’re using store bought, I’m upping the amount from 1/2 oz to 3/4oz. It needs more sweetness and more almond flavor.