Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Let’s make the Ultimate Mai Tai. At least according to the folks at Punch, who a couple of years ago did a taste test of 10 different Mai Tais from bartenders around the country. The winning entry was Garret Richard, Chief Cocktail Officer at Sunken Harbor Club.

Recipe:

5 drops Saline (1:5, salt:water)

1 ounce Lime Juice (reserve 1 spent lime wedge)

3/4 ounce Orgeat

1/4 ounce Grand Marnier

1/2 ounce Clément Créole Shrubb

3/4 ounce Coruba Dark Rum

1 1/2 ounces Denizen Merchant's Reserve 8-Year Rum

Garnish: mint, orchid, lime twist

Recipe by Garret Richard

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