Mai Tai

This calls for Jamaican rum and rhum agricole, but you will still get a delicious drink if you sub in a combination of your favorite aged and clear rums.

  • 1 oz Jamaican rum
  • 1 oz rhum agricole
  • ½ oz dry curaçao
  • 1 oz lime juice
  • ½ oz orgeat
  • ½ oz dark rum
  • garnish: mint sprig and cocktail cherry

Combine all ingredients except dark rum into shaker with plenty of ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice.

Float the dark rum over the top of the drink using the back of a spoon.

Slap the mint sprig to release its oils, then add it to the glass along with a cocktail cherry as a garnish.

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