# Mai-Tai

> Mai-Tai, the IBA official recipe: aged rum, orange curaçao, orgeat, lime juice and simple syrup. Shaken and served on the rocks.

Two rums, orange curaçao, orgeat and lime: Trader Vic’s 1944 original, not the fruit punch it later became.

- IBA category: [IBA: Contemporary Classics](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/contemporary-classics/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Rum cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/rum-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Shaken (shaken hard with ice)
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- Served: On the rocks
- Strength: about 14.8% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.6 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 128 ml (4¼ oz) before ice, about 193 ml in the glass
- Taste: Sour, Sweet, Tropical

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 30 ml (1 oz) [Amber Jamaican rum](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/aged-rum/index.md)
- 30 ml (1 oz) [Martinique molasses rum](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/aged-rum/index.md)
- 15 ml (½ oz) [Orange curaçao](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/orange-curacao/index.md)
- 15 ml (½ oz) [Orgeat](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/orgeat/index.md)
- 30 ml (1 oz) [Lime juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lime/index.md)
- 7.5 ml (¼ oz) [Simple syrup](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md)

## Method

1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake and pour into a double rocks glass or an highball glass.

## Garnish

Pineapple spear, mint leaves and lime peel.

## Notes

The Martinique molasses rum used by Trader Vic was not an Agricole Rhum but a type of “rummy” from molasses.

## If you like the Mai-Tai

- [Old Cuban](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/old-cuban/index.md): Mint, aged rum, lime juice, simple syrup, Angostura bitters and sparkling wine
- [Daiquiri](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/daiquiri/index.md): White rum, lime juice and simple syrup
- [Caipirinha](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/caipirinha/index.md): Cachaça, lime juice and simple syrup
- [Don’s Special Daiquiri](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/dons-special-daiquiri/index.md): Aged rum, white rum, passion fruit syrup, lime juice and honey

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/mai-tai/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRv82F2rQlY
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

---

- Canonical page: https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/mai-tai/
- Language: en
- Recipe data: International Bartenders Association specifications on iba-world.com, checked 22 October 2026
- Maintained by Jigger, an independent index not affiliated with or endorsed by the IBA. All pages: https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/sitemap.md