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The Spirits #29: The Mai Tai

The Spirits #29: The Mai Tai

~ Orgeat, Baby! ~ the faux-Polynesian Cocktail Super League ~ Oh Happy Day ~ 90% of Everything ~

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~ THE MAI TAI ~

60ml dark rum
~20ml lime juice (i.e. one lime)
15ml orange liqueur
15ml orgeat (see below)
Dash sugar syrup to taste

Place all of your ingredients - including the spent lime shell - into a shaker with a big old scoop of ice (crushed is be…

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