The Ledgend of the Mai Tai
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Today we go super deep into the Mai Tai. A while ago we had the idea of going through all the amazing Mai Tai riffs popping up. This drink is just such a wonderful template and that shows in not only the drink's enduring popularity but also there seems to be a different version or riff on so so many menus these days and not just in Tiki spots. But after discussing it a bit we decided that before doing all the riffs we really needed to tackle the originals. From the drink's inception in 1944 until 1971 there were four major builds on this one drink, and they're all different enough to warrant a little taste testing. So today we're doing all the classic Mai Tai recipes for you guys! Hope ya'll enjoy and see you In the comments!
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00:00 Teaser
00:27 Intro
00:42 Cold Open
00:50 Mai Tai
03:10 Tasting Notes?
04:04 Recipe
04:10 Don The Beachcomber Mai Tai
06:20 Tasting Something?
07:13 Recipe
07:17 Kon-Tiki Mai Tai
09:45 Taste?
10:42 Recipe
10:45 Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
14:33 Tasting Notes? Last chance?
15:44 Recipe
15:49 A little History
17:09 Outro
17:15 Like And Subscribe!
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Trader Vic's Mai Tai:
1oz (30ml) Rhum Agricol
1oz (30ml) Appleton Estate Signature
.25oz (7.5ml) Curacao
1oz (30ml) Lime Juice
.25oz (7.5ml) Orgeat
.25oz (7.5ml) Simple Syrup
Spent Lime and Mint Garnish
Don The Beachcomber's Mai Tai Swizzle:
1.5oz (45ml) Dark Jamaica Rum
1oz (30ml) Dark Cuban Rum
.75oz (22.5ml) Falernum
.5oz (22.5ml) Cointreau
1oz (30ml) Grapefruit Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
6 Drops Absinthe
Pineapple Spear Maraschino Cherry Garnish
Kon-Tiki Mai Tai:
1.5oz (45ml) Jamaica Rum
1.5oz (45ml) Puerto Rico Gold Rum
.75oz (22.5ml) Honey Syrup
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Orange Juice
.25oz (7.5ml) Ginger Syrup
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
6 Drops Absinthe
Mint Sprig Garnish
Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
1oz (30ml) White Rum
1oz (30ml) Demerara Rum
1oz (30ml) Jamaican Rum
.25oz (7.5ml) Curacao
1oz (30ml) Orange Juice
1oz (30ml) Pineapple Juice
.5oz (15ml) Lime Juice
.25oz (7.5ml) Orgeat
.25oz (7.5ml) Lemon Juice
.25oz (7.5ml) Simple Syrup
Pineapple Spear Mint Sprig Garnish - Jak na to + styl
True to form we made a mistake in this video. Somehow we left 1oz of Jamaican Rum out of the edit. So, add 1oz of Jamaican Rum to your Royal Hawaiian and sorry! :)
Came here to see if this question was answered. Thanks for clearing it up.
First time watching the channel. Sub and liked. this is great. If you can't drink the drinks for diet reasons, why not taste and spit like a wine tasting? saves on the calories but you can give your opinion. Anyway just a thought.
do you know what you should do... you should do "Hot Ones" but with buzz. and have celebrities and comedians coming in, you'd make them drinks, get them hammered and have them tell stories about their epic parties and best bars they've been to. that would be cool 😎
You also posted .75 oz falernum but say and use .25oz in Don the Beachcomber's Mai Tai
i cannot get orgeat. can i use disaronno as a substitute?
Marius at the birth of his first child: "Yeah, sure, I mean. It's good. It's a baby. I'll take your word for it."
😂
LMAO!
And then on the second one: "Well, I mean, it's a baby, it's basically the same. It's a little less noisy, has a little more hair but I mean, you know... very similar."
Best comment award 😆
Imagine making a drink so good you cause a shortage of its ingredients. That's a legacy
Imagine giving away so much money to the people of a city that you cause massive inflation
Imagine how jealous Don The Beachcomber was that Trader Vic was better at something Don created!
Imagine making a drink so good your friend spills it Everytime he drinks it
Maybe WW2 didn't help in the making of rhum and that's why the shortage happened in addition to this creation?
I’m dying of laughter thinking of all the improvements you guys have done on the set design and editing, only to have Marius come on set, take a sip of every drink and say it tastes like … booze. I can almost see smoke coming from Leandro’s head! This needs to be a regular segment! Flavor Nuances with Marius! 😂
LOL...we all have that friend, right? For me its my brother in law.
I love what Martin Cate says about the original Trader Vic Mai Tai… “it’s a nutty tasting margarita” Bravo Trader Vic!!!
Marius buying a new car “well it’s nice, it’s got 4 wheels… I like the colour… Sure I’ll buy it” lol
Best tasting notes ever hahaha 😝 lol
You can talk about great home made ingredients, top shelf booze and getting the ratios perfectly balanced, but the thing everybody overlooks and what truly makes a Mai Tai an adult happy meal is the salad up top. In the 90's the Royal Hawaiian hotel still had marble bathrooms with bathroom attendants. They're all gone now, replaced with cheap Formica and no guy in an old suit basking in farts and dollar sprays of cologne. What's gone too is the exceptional garnishes they'd put on Mai Tai's. Each one, no matter how many Mai Tais deep you were, were presented with no less than a cherry and pineapple wedge skewered on a paper umbrella along with a mint sprig and the most beautiful orchid blossom ever. How I miss those days, picking people up at the airport, bringing them for a first pacific ocean experience with sandy feet and a perfect Mai Tai in hand trying to keep the new arrival awake until 10 pm so the jet lag wouldn't suck so much. Shout out to bathroom attendants everywhere if you still exist. You may bask in more farts than a returning flight from Cabo, but I miss you. The next Mai Tai's on me. Full salad.
A 17 minute video on Mai tais? You know the way to my heart and my liver 😍
LOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
The zoomed in head on Leandro’s body while shaking is absolutely terrifying!
😂 apparently I’m a Scary lookin’ dude
As much as we all love Marius, it'd be nice to see at least a couple of these recipes done again where we can get Leandro's tasting notes. Mainly, I need to know if the Royal Hawaiian variation is actually any good.
+1
The Vic Mai Tai is my favorite cocktail in the world, hands down... I can't wait to make these other Tais and see how they compare! Superb video, guys!
I was waiting for a Mai Tai Video! Summer officially begins!
The "old married couple" style bickering is always top quality viewing. Love your work.
I'm not sure what I like more: Leandro flaming Marius for his 'subpar' tasting notes or Leandro actually tasting the drink and giving 'good' tasting notes...
I don’t usually leave comments, but I just wanted to say I love the changes you’ve made recently… From Marius “tasting notes” to the more laid back approach. And Leandro your hair has never looked better! Great job guys ! Love it !
Aww thanks!
My wife and I visited Kauai'i in 2011 and the Mai Tai's we enjoyed were made with white rum, POG juice (Papaya Orange Guava mix hard to find outside of the islands) and a dark rum floater. We loved them, but discovered the much better Trader Vic's when we got back home. I miss the POG juice version sometimes, mostly because it's hard to find POG juice in the Midwest.
There’s LOTS of choices on Amazon. I always get my passion fruit purée on Amazon - Funkin Pro. Best stuff around for unadulterated fruit purée.
Love Kauai- POG is pineapple orange guava. Not papaya. And yes the free hotel ones are basic and just pineapple, white rum, then a afloat of dark rum at the top. Even more economical I think is the POG juice.
POG is passion orange guava.
"It tastes like a Mai Tai, I guess. I'll take your word for it."
There is so much sass in this episode, very entertaining. I hope you make it through your diet!
I’m already through my diet, we shot this weeks ago. Back to tasting now :)
I keep both the fancy and candy shop cherries around. Each has their charms.
Candy shop....love it
Marius as the taste tester is a fantastic addition. You guys actually have great chemistry without forcing it. Loved this video!
This is a GREAT video!! My Mai Tai needs some serious improvement. I'm taking notes and everything!!!!
The Vic's Mai Tai is my favorite cocktail. I don't know how we went from the gold standard with Vic to what I had at Cheesecake Factory last night.
Yo what up /r/tiki member
Haha. Hello.
"Cheesecake Factory last night"
Well, there's your problem, Mr.
Ron de Barrilito is one of the best rums in the world! The 3-Star expression is exquisite!
Great episode! Super funny.
I would definitely get a mystery box
One of my favorite tropical cocktail. Thank you for sharing different version of recipes. Love it!
Thanks for the history!! Enjoyed it!!!
This is a great episode. Good banter, love the coconut count, the search for sugar cane sticks...good stuff!! And of course 4 great looking cocktails!
Marius cracks me up, Leandro making delicious cocktails and the reviews are "it's good" or "It's bitey" too funny man. I'm a fan of the Trader Vic mai t ai, espcially the spec used in the Smugglers Cove book and I use Diplomatico Reserva or Mantuado if I'm out of the other. But now I have to try some other versions of the cocktail.
I make the Trader Vic's original pretty regularly. I've always kinda turned my nose up at the Royal Hawaiian, but based on Marius' review, saying he liked it and the original the best, I think I'll be making a Royal Hawaiian today. (every day is a fight against my inner snob.)
Probably my favorite cocktail. Always come back to it
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I'm number 2!!!
Mai Tai my absolute favorite cocktail. Thanks for this
I feel proud that you have a bottle of Ron del Barrilito 3 estrellas
Love me a good Mai Tai, definitely gotta try out these recipes
Hi Leandro, just something I read:
Martin Cate says in Smugglers cove, that the replacement of the Wray and nephew 17 must not include Rhum Agricole, because the Martinique rhum suggested by trader Vic was described as dark and nutty, therefore it probably was a Rhum traditionelle, something more in the likes of a blended black rum.
Cate recommends a combination of a long aged blended rum, and a lightly aged pot still rum.
Great video! As always! Love ya!
Exactly this. Denizen Merchant's Reserve 8yr is specifically blended to approximate the profile of W&N 17yr. It makes an absolutely fantastic Mai Tai.
A few years ago, I was in Kauai trying every Mai-Tai that I could, and it was pretty evenly distributed: big hotels and destination resorts did the sweet pineapple ones, and the smaller bars and restaurants did more traditional ones.
The best one that I'd had was at a bar near Poipu Beach. It was obviously a cheap well drink version for happy hour, but it was simple and nailed the sweet-tart citrus-almond-rum of the Trader Vic's version. Others at major hotels were really pineapple-forward and geared towards tourists. All of them were good, and I really enjoyed my time there.
YES ! for the mystery boxes !!!
ive been NEEDING this video. literally just made your planter's punch spec last night (the one with black tea) and was thinking "okay, now i need to make a mai tai..."
Solid new intro bro and your set up is looking dope. Nice
Great video as always !
I love mai tai and i think the vic one still the more balance of the 4 "standards" one
Can't wait to see the over variations and its a big YES for the box's !
I love some of Marius's descriptions of these drinks, Its bitey and heavy. Next up when you can taste,, have both of you give your opinions on a drink and see how that conversation turns out.
I’m back to tasting. Maybe we’ll do back to back tastings that’s a great idea :)
@@TheEducatedBarfly Please please please let Marius keep tasting for all future videos. It's hilarious!!
Anotherher great episode
Looks good will be ordering next time at the bar
Love me the deep dives
At Trader Vics there’s variations on the menu as well like the Maui Tai, Rusky Tai, SF Mai Tai, and Passion Tai
I was just watching a bunch of videos of Martin Cate and Jeff Berry talking about the Mai Tai yesterday. You have impeccable timing.
I had no idea 😂 gotta go watch that video!
Might give "mai tais" a go next :) look delicious, can almost taste them watching this video!
I have been searching for that perfect Mai Tai. So far, my favorite is Vic's OG recipe. Will have try these other recipes soon!
It's the one I keep coming back to for sure
Really into this video!
not sure if this had to do with the survey. But having more Marius and doing the tasting is a total new gem to this channel! Keep it up 😁
Nah had nothing to do with the survey, it was that I wasn’t drinking for a while so I wanted him to do the tastings. We may continue in the future, it’s fun when he does them :)
@@TheEducatedBarfly He represents the people! i serve a friend a drink and they are like: "its orangy/its citrusy/its boozy/it taste similiar to the last one..." not even making fun. The taste doesnt have to be nuanced, as long as its enjoyed! :D
Its hard for me to believe that Marius and Leandro being partners for so long that Marius doesnt have more experience or knowledge about cocktails
Are they partners?
@@sergiuszstasio3394 colleagues more like
@@DrTel thanks for reminding me of this video, just before i need to plan a new cocktail menu for a bar i work in xd
Trader's Vic Mai Tai is just beyond good easily my favorite version of this drink and its about the only thing I drink anymore lol. I've not tried the royal hawaiian though so I think ill give that one a shot this weekend.
probably a year late but i recently worked at the Trader Vic's in London before it shut down, there was a pre-made mai tai blend which was 2 parts Myer's rum, 2 parts Mount Gay and 1 part Rhum Agricole. We'd use 50ml of that in each drink with 20ml Curacao, 25ml lime and 12.5ml orgeat. Not sure if it varies between different Trader Vic's but that was ours
Marius’s tasting notes are hilarious!
So much room for improvising with a mai tai
Great video!!
Have you down a video on a lynchburg lemonade?
The Trader Vic recipe is my go to, but I'm looking forward to trying out the Kon Tiki version
Would love a mystery box from you guys!
"The ol' dumpy-poo" 😆
My first Mai Tai variation was from Suite 114, a now-closed bar in Toronto. It had Plantation Grand Reserve, Wray Overproof, cashew orgeat, and Giffard Pineapple. It was awesome. I suspect it's the same specs as the original Mai Tai, just different ingredients here and there.
In my effort to make a tasty Mai Tai as cheap and easy as possible, I have had success with: 2 oz Appleton Estate Signature (Already a blended rum and an excellent mixer), 3/4 oz Lime juice, 1/2 oz Pineapple juice, 1/2 oz Cointreau, 1/4 oz Giffard Orgeat. I crush and rub a mint leaf around the rim and drop it on top. Despite the small amounts of flavorings, it's surprisingly well balanced.
So according to Martin Cate, it likely was not rhum agricole, but a molasses-based funky rhum traditionnel that was used in the adjust recipes. Agricole definitely makes for a good Mai tai, but if we're talking about a historically accurate Trader Vic's Mai Tai, just using all Jamaican is going to get you closer to that, seeing as Le Galion is the only distillery left in Martinique making molasses-based rhums and it's pretty hard to get in the US.
Yeah it’s hard to tell what the original “adjusted” versions are with such little documentation. I used Jeff Berry as my source here :)
Denizen Merchant's Reserve 8 year is a great option, it was blended with input from Martin Cate with the goal of replicating the original Wray and Nephew 17 year. I agree that the grassy Rhum Agricole seems out of left field for what he was trying to achieve by blending rums to replace Wray and Nephew.
Love marius' tasting notes
My go to recipe for a Mai Tai:
.5 ounce Grand Marnier
.5 ounce triple sec
1 ounce sweet spiced rum (Bumbu or Captain Morgan Private Stock)
1.5 ounce coconut rum
5 ounces Pinapple juice.
Splash grenadine
You should try the Tahitian version :
Orange juice, pineapple juice, coconut rum, grenadine, shaked then topped with dark rum
Bring back the mystery boxes!!
I've had so many arguments with fellow bartenders and managers about the mai tai. This puts everything in context. Instead of fighting each other I'll simply say "that's the Hawaiian/Beachcomber/Trader Vic version"
Gotta use a blanc rhum agricole for the first recipe! Neisson and Rhum JM are my go to agricoles. And if you up the sugar you can sneak in some Smith & Cross!
I made a mai tai for my mom last weekend. Her tasting notes weren’t far off from Marius’. He’s speaking for the masses.
Funny the timing of this video. We just got back from Oahu and spent a week at the Hilton Waikiki Hawaiian Village. I believe it's the birthplace of the "Tropical Itch" (Cough Cough... future video topic, they are AMAZING!). Anyways they did a variation of the Vic's Mai Tai, (Which they call the "Village Mai Tai") The only difference was, on top of the 1-2 oz of gold rum, they added a float of 1oz dark rum. I replicated it at home using Bacardi Gold and Kraken dark rum but that's what's available to me here without traveling 15 miles to a big box liquor store. Still turned out well enough that my wife can't distinguish it from the Resort.
This was kinda the process at my house. I started with the trader vics one and kept tweaking it til I got it where I liked it. I wound up at basically that final recipe with the pineapple juice.
Something changed Lenandro? You´re glowing!
My heart skipped a beat when I saw the title of this video
Holy shit is that what Marius looks like?!?! Been waiting so long for this
Sick video as usual guys. Marius slowly getting good at this, maybe worth giving him some flavour profile cards? Or, when you can start drinking again maybe both try and give your opinions? As someone improving my own palate, I'd be interested to hear the pro and novice profiles
Love it when Marius gets in frame. Are his actions animated bc he knows he's on screen, or are those his natural movements.
Yeah, I take one of each to try 'em... cheers... prost :)
Thank you for your great videos. Hope you will do a summer video about blender cocktails)
Already done, just awaiting release :)
Looking cocktails recipe's I got your self.. You are doing great job, thank you very much for sharing yours knowledge..
I would like to bay the machine you have to do fresh juices.
Where is possible to bay it.
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@@TheEducatedBarfly .
Thanks you very much
Mystery box sounds like an instant purchase
That’s Mai kinda Mai Tai!! 🍹
Great video as always fellas! Have you considered bringing Spike from the Breezeway Cocktail Hour in as a taster?
A little bird told me a secret😉
We just shot an episode with spike! He’s the man!
Trader Vics is my favourite, thought I was gonna miss the orgeat in Dons one but it’s really good
Where can I buy the bowl shown at 9:20? Love it!
Look at the Smuglers Cove version. *chefs kiss* Variation on the original, but also LOTS of info on the rums used after the 17 YO W&N. The Rhum Agricol noted on the menu of T.V. was not Rhum Agricol by the description/tasting notes on it. Check it out in the Smuglers Cove book! (also see Denizen Merchan reserve which is a great, custom blend for Mai Tai's, and the fourth coming Appelton Estate 17 year supposedly the original W&N blend and "Dagger" clone.
Marius is so handsome! Love his tasting comments.🍹
I imagine Leandro looking at the different angles of the shoot and describing them as slightly more camera-ry or less angly. I guess for that to be fair Marius would also have to be mixing the drinks.
I like to do a dark rum float as well.
Mai Tai w/Float
1 oz Appleton Estate 12
1 oz El Dorado 12, Rhum B, Mount Gay Extra Old
1 oz Hart 151 Rum or Meyers Dark Rum (float)
1/2 oz Orange Curacao or Gran Gala Orange Liqueur
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup or rich simple syrup
Sprig of Mint
add ice to shaker, build/pour ingredients in shaker, shake vigorously, strain into rocks glass filled with crushed ice, top with Dark Rum Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Let's get it!!!!
The Suffering Bastard was the drink to get at Trader Vic's. One of those, ai chihuahua!
Love your videos! What type of glass are you using here? Looks like something between a rocks glass and a high ball glass?
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Salud🍻from mexico
Hi Mate could you please tell me what you use for making the pebble ice?
thx
What machine do you use for pebble ice dude?
Keep doing the Shaker Close up! You can see the dimples!
Im new to bartending and we always use the boston shaker but sometimes the glass gets stuck. any advice?
Thanks for the awesome video! 😎 One of our favorite drinks here at The Sunken Haifisch!! 🧜🏻♀️ 🦈
I thought the MaiTai Swizzle was earlier , it’s definitely a different taste. I like the QB Cooler. The “Royal Hawaiian” MaiTai was created for the tourists. It’s a juicer drink, easier for the masses. 🌺😂 I prefer the ‘44 Mai Tai any day.
According to Beachbum Berry the Mai Tai Swizzle was from '33, so it's significantly older than the Trader Vic's Mai Tai.
@@VaultDweller804 right. That’s pretty much what I said. Lol
@@EvilTwinShell Sorry, I was just confirming that you were right.
I have Plantation 3 Star, Plantation 5 year, and Goslings Black Seal. Nothing fancy. Oh, I also have Smith and Cross. I made my own Orgeat as well. Any suggestions on rum ratios for these?
It's the shake fir me! lol