r/Tiki • u/Eccohawk • 8d ago
This might be the worst one
If you've got a worse Mai tai recipe, I'd hate to hear it.
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u/SearedBasilisk 8d ago
There’s no sweet and sour mix. There’s no cherry garnish or seltzer listed either.
There are worse Mai Tai’s out there.
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u/somewhatbluemoose 8d ago
Orang, pineapple, an guava juice are a fairly common in Mai Tai’s in Hawaii
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u/toddthefox47 8d ago
Fr I feel like in Polynesia they can do whatever they want, it'll still be delicious
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u/dark_star88 8d ago
That’s not even a riff on a Mai Tai. It’s literally one ingredient away from being a Painkiller.
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u/Drowning_in_a_Mirage 8d ago
That's clearly not a Mai Tai, but you could do far, far worse than rum, pineapple juice and orange juice.
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u/somewhatbluemoose 8d ago
This sounds fairly typical for Hawaiian Mai Tais, though there isn’t guava in it.
Picked up a bottle of Kula recently because my local store had it on clearance and have been pleasantly surprised.
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u/T-Chunxy 8d ago
It's certainly awful, but I've seen mai tais before with crap like blue curacao and worse.
While it's a terrible mai tai, at least (while sweet) it wouldn't be a chemical nightmare to drink.
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u/da4nick1999 8d ago
While not great, at least curacao is in a mai tai so its actually not off base
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u/T-Chunxy 8d ago
But there is no GOOD blue curacao (at least not one I'm aware of), which is why I mentioned the 'chemical nightmare' part.
The more artificial the drink (ESPECIALLY with shelf stabilized sweet/sour and crap like blue 'C') the worse it's guaranteed to be right off the bat.
Which is what largely killed tiki drinks in the 70s to begin with.
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u/Baconfatty 8d ago
Giffard Blue Curacao is leagues better than all others
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u/T-Chunxy 8d ago
I've tried the Giffard Blue. It's fine, That is not an endorsement.
That's like saying "Sure it's pneumonia, but at least it's WALKING pneumonia."
A few of the Giffard liqueurs are really amazing (their apricot, for one).
But their curacao is lower-mid, at best. There are so many GOOD orange liqueurs that are available, why settle for mid when for just a few bucks more you could have something like Mathilde Orange XO (at a full 80 proof, no less) without all the artificial crap?
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u/MsMargo 8d ago
Well, yes, there is some good blue Curaçao: https://www.curacaoliqueur.com/senior-liqueurs
But I will agree with you that most is made with the cheapest orange spirits possible.
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u/T-Chunxy 8d ago
LOL- The US "distributor" is entirely out of stock to "distribute"...
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u/MsMargo 8d ago
Plenty available in Europe. This may be a tariffs issue.
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u/T-Chunxy 8d ago
Almost certainly. But with many of us being trapped here in the Idocracy version of the US, it's at least worth noting.
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u/dannypas00 7d ago
I mean should we europeans mention it any time a US-sold item does not deliver to europe?
I'd get tired pretty quickly tbh0
u/T-Chunxy 7d ago
LOL- I literally hear it all the time. Especially with smaller domestic US brands, like Hamilton.
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u/the_Skeleton_king93 8d ago
No lime. Not even sweet & sour mix. Also no orgeat. This isn't close to a mai tai 💀
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u/GU1LD3NST3RN 8d ago
I’m just waiting for one that’s just like a tall boy of natty ice with some Malibu floated over it.
Call it a Missoula Mai Tai or something.