Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

Created in 1944 by Trader Vic (Victor Bergeron) in Oakland, California, as a showcase for high-quality rum.

Ingredients

Method for creating a Mai Tai cocktail

Shake with ice, pour, and add pebble ice

Garnish

Mint and lime wheel

Glassware

Highball

Ice

Pebble Ice / Crushed Ice

Nutrition Information for Mai Tai

  • Calories: There are 220 kcal in Mai Tai
  • ABV: Mai Tai has an ABV of 24%

Calorie Breakdown for Mai Tai

IngredientDoseCal/ozCalories
Dark Rum1 oz70 cal/oz70 kcal
Rum1 oz70 cal/oz70 kcal
Triple Sec0.5 oz60 cal/oz30 kcal
Simple Syrup0.25 oz60 cal/oz15 kcal
Lime Juice0.75 oz6 cal/oz5 kcal
Orgeat Syrup0.5 oz60 cal/oz30 kcal
Total220 kcal

ABV Breakdown for Mai Tai

Cocktail booziness measures the amount of alcohol in a drink, expressed both as total alcohol volume (ml) and as a percentage of Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of the overall drink size.

IngredientDoseABV%Alcohol (ml)
Dark Rum1 oz40%12.0 ml
Rum1 oz40%12.0 ml
Triple Sec0.5 oz30%4.5 ml
Total alcohol28.0 ml
Cocktail size118 ml
ABV = 28 / 118 × 10024%

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