DON THE BEACHCOMBER’S ORIGINAL MAI TAI
Circa 1932 - 1933
This robust-size rum drink is to be enjoyed well after the Kona Coffee Grog and throughout the evening. With full-flavored Jamaica rum, Don the Beachcomber guarantees that this hearty rum punch will provide comfort, warm your blood, and restore your strength.
Into a mixer pour:
1½ ounces Myer’s Plantation rum*
1 ounce Cuban rum*
¾ ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice
¼ ounce Falernum**
½ ounce Cointreau
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash Pernod
Shell of squeezed lime
1 cup of cracked ice (size of a dime)
Shake for 1 minute. Serve in a double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with four sprigs of mint. Add a spear of pineapple. Sip slowly through mint sprigs until desired effect results.
*Recommended rum substitutions:
1½ ounces Appleton Estate
1 ounce British Navy-style rum, such as Pusser’s or Lamb’s
** Use sugar syrup like Rock Candy Syrup