In 1934, Victor Jules Bergeron, or Trader Vic as he became known, opened his first restaurant in Oakland, San Francisco. The story goes that one evening in 1944, Vic was testing a new drink on two friends from Tahiti, one of them, after taking the first sip is said to have exclaimed "mai tai-roa ae", which in Tahitian means 'out of this world - the best!', and there is was, the name of the concoction.
Ingredients
- 60ml Jamaican Rum
- 12.5ml Triple Sec
- 7.5ml Orgeat
- 7.5ml Sugar syrup
- 22.5ml Fresh lime juice
How To
Add all ingredients, lime juice first, into a Mai Tai glass full of crushed ice. Give it a stir and add more crushed ice until the glass is full. Garnish with a lime wedge and mint.