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Tiki Royale
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Joined: Dec 06, 2002
Posts: 891
From: The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA!
|  Posted: 2004-05-10 6:54 pm Permalink
Hey everyone,
I don't want to get stuck behind the bar measuring out Mai-Tai's one at a time. So, does anyone have a good method or recipe for making up a lot of Mai-Tai's for a party?
Aloha,
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DrFunk75
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Joined: May 10, 2004
Posts: 15
From: Newburyport, MA
| Posted: 2004-05-10 7:11 pm Permalink
Tiki Royale,
This is exactly what I have been trying to figure out. I have a friend who used to own a Chinese restaurant in Newburyport, but he won't reveal his secret because he still makes the mix for the bar that he owns now. He actually makes the pre-mix down in the basement of the restaurant. They actually taste pretty good, too! I have watched the bartender at the Hawaiian Isle in Plaistow, NH make the maitai pre-mix behind the bar. They start by using a rinsed out bottle of Fee's orgeat syrup. He poured a whole bottle of bols orange curacao into it and then filled the rest with orgeat syrup. When you order one they take a double old fashioned glass and fill it with crushed ice. Then they add light and dark rum, the pre-mix, timmy's sour mix, and a quarter of a lime, squeezed. Then he will just shake it up. I have tried duplicating this at home, but for some reason I cannot get them to taste exactly the same. Perhaps someone will know exactly how to do this!
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-05-10 8:37 pm Permalink
It's more expensive, but one safe route; Trader Vics mai tai mix with (only) fresh limes.
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martiki
Official Mixologist
Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 3056
From: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com
| Posted: 2004-05-11 08:35 am Permalink
In one bottle: fresh lime juice
In another bottle: orgeat, orange curacao, and simple syrup in correct proportions.
In a third bottle: aged Jamaican and aged martinique in equal proportions.
Take 1-1.5 oz of bottle 1, 1 oz of bottle 2, and 2 oz of bottle three.
It works pretty darn well. Any leftover rum combo will have to be consumed in mai tais.
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Tiki Royale
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Joined: Dec 06, 2002
Posts: 891
From: The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA!
| Posted: 2004-05-11 4:27 pm Permalink
Thanks Martin.
I was contemplating making a "Giant" Mai-Tai. Maybe using a cup instead of an ounce to measure and mixing everything in a big jug and then just pouring over ice as needed. Might this work or would it be a "Giant" mess?
Aloha,
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martiki
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Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 3056
From: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com
| Posted: 2004-05-11 10:53 pm Permalink
If it's just going to be premixed and cold in a jar and poured over ice, you'll want to add a little water to the mix to simulate the water that would be added to it in a shaker with ice. Otherwise, it will taste a little "concentrated".
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boingo
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Joined: Jul 01, 2003
Posts: 13
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-05-12 12:03 pm Permalink
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On 2004-05-11 08:35, martiki wrote:
In another bottle: orgeat, orange curacao, and simple syrup in correct proportions.
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Would you share the correct proportions ?
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Tiki Brad
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Joined: Mar 26, 2004
Posts: 30 | Posted: 2004-05-12 12:33 pm Permalink
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On 2004-05-10 20:37, Unga Bunga wrote:
It's more expensive, but one safe route; Trader Vics mai tai mix with (only) fresh limes.
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I agree. For making a large batch, you can't go wrong here.
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martiki
Official Mixologist
Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 3056
From: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com
| Posted: 2004-05-12 5:55 pm Permalink
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On 2004-05-12 12:03, boingo wrote:
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On 2004-05-11 08:35, martiki wrote:
In another bottle: orgeat, orange curacao, and simple syrup in correct proportions.
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Would you share the correct proportions ?
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generally .5 oz orange curacao, .25 oz simple syrup, .25 oz orgeat.
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