hi welcome to best drink recipes i'm eli mountjoy and we are about to make the classic mai tai there's a lot of different variations on this uh drink but we are going to make the traditional classic mai tai and it's going to consist of one full ounce of silver rum followed by half an ounce of orange curacao followed then by three quarters ounce of ajit which is a liqueur of types it's an almond decor if you're not familiar with it look it up it's quite amazing then we're going to put in half an ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice followed then by a floated full ounce of dark rum so let's build it first the ounce of silver rum next half ounce orange curacao now the orgy now we'll put in the freshly squeezed lime this is just half an ounce here and we are going to float of course with the back of a bar spoon the full one ounce of dark rum just like so this is what your traditional mai tai looks like garnished with a lime wheel and emersyno cherry that's how special this drink is there's your classic mai tai thank you for watching best drink recipes i'm elia we'll see you next drink you