Invented in 1944 at the trader vic s restaurant in oakland california this shaved ice sweet and sour concoction evokes images of white sand tahitian beaches and hawaiian sunsets. In 2007 the bar at the merchant hotel in belfast northern ireland achieved notoriety and a 2008 guinness world record for selling the most expensive cocktail. He wanted to take it a step further and create something balanced new and fun. Named after one of the first people to try it shouted mai ta i roa ae a tahitian expression when something is amazing. Trader vics was actually a chain of restaurants under the name founded by victor jules bergeron.

The mai tai became so popular in those postwar years that in short order almost all of the world s supply of wray nephew 17 had been consumed happily through a million cocktail straws. California restaurateur trader vic is credited with invention of the mai tai. It is also the original mai tai recipe. From that moment on the mai tai was born. In the original recipe the used lime shell was used as garnish as well as a piece of fresh pineapple hence the confusion with the pineapple juice mint and a cherry i suggest an amarena cherry.

To make a mai tai trader vic s cocktail use rum 6 10yr old caribbean blended rum orange curaçao liqueur lime juice freshly squeezed orgeat almond syrup. Although not a trendy drink with the younger crowd the mai tai s popularity as a vacation. Trader vic s mai tai the quintessential tiki cocktail is a polynesian favorite. Both cocktails are slightly different and here we showcase trader vics. In 1944 some special tahitian guests had entered vic s oakland restaurant.

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Today over 2 million mai tai s are sold annually at trader vic s locations across the globe and it remains the only cocktail that truly embodies the spirit of the islands. He served the rum and juice cocktail to friends visiting from tahiti who exclaimed maita i roa ae the term translates to very good and the name mai tai stuck. He thought about cocktails like martinis manhattans daiquiris but felt these were all too simple. 10 years after that first restaurant opened its doors trader vic created his legacy. The original mai tai is also calling for orange curaçao cointreau could be seen as high quality triple sec curaçao and a little bit candy rock syrup which is an oversaturated sugar syrup.

Hinky dink soon became trader vic s a nickname given to him for his tendency to trade his food for goods and services. By the early 1960 s there were several trader vic s restaurants in existence the mai tai had developed into one of the most ordered and well known drinks throughout the world. Hinky dink soon became trader vic s a nickname given to him for his tendency to trade his food for goods and services. Today over 2 million mai tai s are sold annually at trader vic s locations across the globe and it remains the only cocktail that truly embodies the spirit of the islands. To make a mai tai trader vic s cocktail use rum 6 10yr old caribbean blended rum orange curaçao liqueur lime juice freshly squeezed orgeat almond syrup.

By the early 1960 s there were several trader vic s restaurants in existence the mai tai had developed into one of the most ordered and well known drinks throughout the world. The mai tai became so popular in those postwar years that in short order almost all of the world s supply of wray nephew 17 had been consumed happily through a million cocktail straws. Invented in 1944 at the trader vic s restaurant in oakland california this shaved ice sweet and sour concoction evokes images of white sand tahitian beaches and hawaiian sunsets.