Mao tai
(maʊ taɪ)
Also Mao Tai, mao-tai, Mao-T'ai, Maotai.
[Maotai, name of a town in south-west China.]
A mellow and strong pot-stilled spirit produced in Maotai.
| 1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 211 Maotai, Chinese strong pot-stilled..spirit as celebrated in the Far East as is cognac in the Western world. 1967 D. Bloodworth Chinese Looking Glass xxiii. 239 The famous Chinese white wines—Mao-T'ai, Mei-Kuei-Lu, Pai-kan..—have the mule-kick of a bath-tub gin. 1970 Observer 10 May 8/4 A glass of mao-tai, the potent Chinese equivalent of vodka. 1972 Guardian 22 Feb. 24/2 Mr Nixon..consumed little Mao Tai, a potent Chinese drink distilled from sorghum. 1973 Times 13 Sept. 16/6 Mao tai, the Chinese national spirit, had increased almost ten-fold in price on the Hongkong market since President Nixon set his lips to it. |