The Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai from The Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikīkī

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The Mai Tai that you get in Hawaii today is often far from the original Mai Tai brought to the islands in the 1950s by Trader Vic. When Trader Vic first introduced the Mai Tai to the Surf Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1953 the menu stated the drink was "made simply with fine old rums and fresh limes."

The pineapple and orange juice addition came later and is a much-unwelcomed addition to this iconic cocktail. I've had this drink before and didn't remember much of it. As I was making it for this video, I was open-minded to the idea that while it might not be an authentic 1944 Mai Tai, it would probably still be decent.

I was wrong.

And if you like this drink that's okay by me. I like pineapple juice and I like orange juice, but simply adding rum to juice doesn't taste good to me. I also love Coca-Cola on its own and enjoy rum on its own but together, another combo I don't care for.

Recipes at the bottom of this description

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📃 Episode Chapters 📃
00:00 Introduction
00:57 Ingredients list
01:22 How to make the Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
02:22 Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai Recipe Card
03:15 Tasting the Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai

📖 Recipe(s) 📖
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
½ oz orgeat
½ oz orange curacao
1 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum

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