Mai Tai Spritz

60 min
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Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco uses a Collins glass for this tropical classic, and garnishes it with a sprig of mint and a wheel of lime. Like the many maligned Mai Tai recipes floating about in the cocktail ether, the originator of this tiki classic has been muddied, with accounts naming Don the Beachcomber and others fingering his rival, Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron. Either way, Vic’s version is the one that lingers as the canonical formula.

60 min
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Ingredients

number of servings
1
  • 12 ounce Fresh Lime Juice Added to
  • 12 ounce orgeat Added to
  • 12 ounce pierre ferrand dry orange curaçao Added to
  • 1 ounce denizen merchant's reserve rum or appleton estate reserve rum Added to
  • 4 ounce brut champagne, chilled Added to
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Directions

1. Step

Combine the lime juice, orgeat, curaçao, and rum in a small container and refrigerate for an hour or two.

2. Step

Pour the chilled mixture into a Collins glass, fill to the rim with ice, top with Champagne, and add the garnish.

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