Marin Cate needs no introduction. He is the founder/owner of Smuggler’s Cove (among other bars in the Bay Area and San Diego) who has risen to become one of the most respected voices in the Tropical Bar Scene. He wrote the award-winning Smuggler’s Cove cocktail book which is a fantastic reference not just on tropical drinks but also a great guide to understanding rums and how they work in tropical drinks.

Martin Cate’s Mai Tai

Marin Cate

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Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients

 

OZML

• 2 oz aged rum Denizen Merchant's Reserve 8-Year Rum
• .5 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
• .5 oz Orgeat Smuggler's Cove Orgeat
• .25 oz simple syrup Mai Tai Rich Simple Syrup
• .75 oz lime juice

Garnish

• spent lime shell
• mint sprig

Keyword aged rum, blended aged rum, lime juice, Mai Tai Rich Simple Syrup, mint sprig, orgeat, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao, Smugglers Cove Orgeat, spent lime shell