Mai Tai

Mai Tai is a classic rum cocktail and one of the world's most successful drinks. His invention is often Victor Bergeron (better known as Trader Vic ) attributed to him who has created by its own account in 1944 in San Francisco.

History

Victor Bergeron aka Trader Vic took lay claim to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944. Supposedly he mixed the first Mai Tai for two good friends from Tahiti, Carrie and Eastham Guild, which should have been declared then: Mai Tai Roa Ae, which is roughly states: " Out of this world - the best ".

The Mai Tai is one of the classic tiki drinks, including the zombie part. It was typical for the tiki era that the Bartender her recipes as you saw " capital" and therefore not revealed or published. Correspondingly, Bergeron held with the publication of the mai-tai recipe long back. For the first time the drink therefore appeared " Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide - Revised " on the 1972.

However, there is next to Bergeron, a number of other persons or cocktail bars, the company can claim to have invented the Mai Tai.

For one, it is Don the Beachcomber, the proven opened the first bar in the Tiki - style and was considered Vics biggest competitor. In his restaurants in the Mai Tai said to have been invented before Bergeron's variant under the name Mai Tai Swizzle. However, were found in Dons variant also other ingredients such as pomegranate juice, Angostura and Pernod. Between Don the Beachcomber and Victor Bergeron there was even a lawsuit, however, the Bergeron was able to win by an out of court settlement.

On the other hand claims the bar of The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, to have this drink prepared allegedly already in the 1920s.

Bergeron, however, wrote in his " Bartender's Guide" from 1972: " Anybody who says I did not create this drink is a dirty stinker ."

Historical recipe

(converted into international units )

• 6 oz Jamaican Rum Wray & Nephew 17 years
• 1.5 cl Orange Curacao
• 0.75 cl orgeat
• 0.75 cl sugar syrup
• 2 cl freshly squeezed lime juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass with crushed ice. Sprig of mint give with the glass.

Today's recipes

Since the rum originally used soon no longer available, replaced him Trader Vic later half each by another Jamaican rum and a Martinique rum This combination can be found even today in some bars. However, are much more common mixtures which also contain juices and other ingredients. You have with the historic Mai Tai often only the name in common.