Mai Tea

Mai Tea

30ml Appleton Estate Signature Rum
30ml Flor de Caña 7 Year Rum
30ml Lime Juice
7.5ml Orgeat Syrup
22.5ml Origin Tea Peach Iced Tea Syrup
15ml Black Tea
7.5ml Grand Marnier
2 Dashes Orange Bitters

Add all ingredients to a shaker with a small scoop of crushed ice. Whip shake until most of the ice has melted, then dump the drink into a glass filled with crushed ice. Top up the glass with a bit more crushed ice in a snow cone like fashion. A few dashes of angostura on top of the ice adds a nice touch. Garnish with mint, peach fan and frangipani.

This drink is obviously a Mai Tai variant that takes tea and makes it a unique flavour in the drink, hence the name. The Origin Tea peach iced tea syrup works perfectly with the orgeat and rum to give it a different aspect of sweetness without pushing it over the edge and making it too sweet. These 2 delicious rums give this drink a perfect boozy level, while the black tea helps to lengthen the drink out a bit as well as bring more tea flavour to the drink. A great drink overall that is able to stand alone from the original Mai Tai all while maintaining its roots from the classic tiki drink.

This drink won runner up in the Origin Tea Bartender Competition, check it out here.