Rum Trader
Rum Trader is one of Berlin’s oldest cocktail bars, and certainly among its most legendary. A speakeasy before speakeasies came back into fashion, the bar does almost nothing to announce…
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Jelani Johnson’s Mai Tai
A fruity abundance of mint, lime and orange lead to a long, dry finish.
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Martin Cate’s Mai Tai
A benchmark Mai Tai built on Denizen Merchant's Reserve.
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Mai Sha Roa Na
A Mai Tai riff that leans on the flavors of banana and macadamia.
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Kentucky Mai Tai
A bourbon-based modern riff calls for mezcal, peach liqueur and Cynar.
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Lost Lake’s Mai Tai (2018 version)
For extra flavor and punch, look to higher-proof rum.
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Lost Lake’s Mai Tai (2015 version)
The bar's first iteration of the Trader Vic classic.
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The Tonga Room’s Mai Tai EXPOSED
San Francisco's legendary tiki wonderland the Tonga Room sells some "some 3,000 Mai Tais every month." Eater National has the deets on the recipe and how it's changed via their "Eater Elements"…
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Robots Make Mai Tais Now
It's official. A Mai Tai-making robot has been invented. Gizmodo reports on Barbot, a convention featuring drinks slinging androids complete with passed drinks served by, you guessed it, robot waiters.…
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Float
(v.) A bartending skill used to layer cocktail ingredients in the glass, as seen in drinks such as the Mai Tai, Black and Tan or Pousse Café. Typically a bartender…
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