Comments on: Happy Hour: Mai Tai http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-hour-mai-tai have some taste Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Happy Hour: El Diablo – umamimart http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 Happy Hour: El Diablo – umamimart Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:49:44 +0000 #comment-2948 [...] summer drinks, Trader Vic, as its creator.  Trader Vic is of course most famous for creating the Mai Tai, and—along with Don the Beachcomber—credited with pioneering the Tiki drink culture that swept [...] [...] summer drinks, Trader Vic, as its creator.  Trader Vic is of course most famous for creating the Mai Tai, and—along with Don the Beachcomber—credited with pioneering the Tiki drink culture that swept [...]

]]> By: Paystyle http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Paystyle Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:00:29 +0000 #comment-2731 Cooler full of Mai Tais, that's just nuts. I'm gonna have to try that sometime for a large party. Cooler full of Mai Tais, that's just nuts. I'm gonna have to try that sometime for a large party.

]]> By: lkb http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 lkb Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:20:06 +0000 #comment-2353 Your comment about quality makes me want to point out how improved each successive cocktail becomes as one imbibes...with a cooler, they become QUITE improved fairly quickly.<br /><br />CoolerFullaMai-Tais:<br /><br />In a 28qt cooler, mix 5 quarts Barbadoes rum, 5 quarts light rum, 5 quarts lime juice, 2.5 quarts orange curacao or Triple Sec, 2.5 quarts orgeat syrup. It helps to chill down the ingredients for several hours in the refrigerator before mixing. Do NOT add ice; use a frozen gelpack in the cooler and replace as needed. I generally pour the cocktail directly from the tap onto a muddled sprig of mint and crushed ice. Makes about 160 4-oz servings.<br /><br />Ah, sweet days of summer... Your comment about quality makes me want to point out how improved each successive cocktail becomes as one imbibes…with a cooler, they become QUITE improved fairly quickly.

CoolerFullaMai-Tais:

In a 28qt cooler, mix 5 quarts Barbadoes rum, 5 quarts light rum, 5 quarts lime juice, 2.5 quarts orange curacao or Triple Sec, 2.5 quarts orgeat syrup. It helps to chill down the ingredients for several hours in the refrigerator before mixing. Do NOT add ice; use a frozen gelpack in the cooler and replace as needed. I generally pour the cocktail directly from the tap onto a muddled sprig of mint and crushed ice. Makes about 160 4-oz servings.

Ah, sweet days of summer…

]]> By: Paystyle http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Paystyle Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:13:59 +0000 #comment-2362 A cooler full!! Yikes! Never done that before, but I'd imagine that just like in food service, mass preparaton shaves quality a bit when compared to individually shaken drinks. But hey, when you gotta big party, gotta do what you gotta do I suppose-and if you are making it for a bunch I also figure your advice is spot on!<br /><br />Or maybe you can make them in cleaned out paint cans and buy a paintmixer (those machines that shake the cans)! A cooler full!! Yikes! Never done that before, but I'd imagine that just like in food service, mass preparaton shaves quality a bit when compared to individually shaken drinks. But hey, when you gotta big party, gotta do what you gotta do I suppose-and if you are making it for a bunch I also figure your advice is spot on!

Or maybe you can make them in cleaned out paint cans and buy a paintmixer (those machines that shake the cans)!

]]> By: lkb http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 lkb Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:09:27 +0000 #comment-2365 I'd like to add that when making a cooler full, one should remember to open the cooler and stir occasionally, because in the 5 gallon version the almond syrup will gradually sink to the bottom over time. I'm just saying... I'd like to add that when making a cooler full, one should remember to open the cooler and stir occasionally, because in the 5 gallon version the almond syrup will gradually sink to the bottom over time. I'm just saying…

]]> By: Paystyle http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 Paystyle Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:13:26 +0000 #comment-2839 Mano Thanos - That would be an amazing thing to get that civic declaration for the Mai Tai. Even though they're not in Oakland, do you know if the Forbidden Island folks are backing your effort?<br /><br />Keep us posted on the progress! Mano Thanos – That would be an amazing thing to get that civic declaration for the Mai Tai. Even though they're not in Oakland, do you know if the Forbidden Island folks are backing your effort?

Keep us posted on the progress!

]]> By: Mano Thanos http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 Mano Thanos Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:04:22 +0000 #comment-2651 The Conga Lounge in Oakland has a campaign to make the mai tai the official cocktail of the city of Oakland. The campaign web site is;<br />www.congalounge.com The Conga Lounge in Oakland has a campaign to make the mai tai the official cocktail of the city of Oakland. The campaign web site is;
http://www.congalounge.com

]]> By: Paystyle http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Paystyle Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:41:37 +0000 #comment-837 Tiare - Thanks for reading and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks also for the link to the Jeff Berry preview.<br /><br />On a side note regarding the Mai Tai, I was speaking to a friend from Oakland yesterday who said that in Tahiti, Bora Bora, and that general region, the native folks there use the word "Mai Tai" as a general reference to any cocktail, and not necessarily just the Mai Tai drink.<br /><br />So I wondered which came first--whether Vic's Mai Tai became so popular that it became synonymous with the word for "drink" or "cocktail" in the Tahitian islands, or if it's the other way around, where this word has always referred to "cocktail" and Vic took it to specifically refer to his. I guess it all depends on one verifying the translation of the term "Mai Tai-roa ae."<br /><br />I don't know if you know the answer but that was something I hadn't heard before, which I thought was quite an interesting prospect worth further inquiry. Tiare – Thanks for reading and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks also for the link to the Jeff Berry preview.

On a side note regarding the Mai Tai, I was speaking to a friend from Oakland yesterday who said that in Tahiti, Bora Bora, and that general region, the native folks there use the word "Mai Tai" as a general reference to any cocktail, and not necessarily just the Mai Tai drink.

So I wondered which came first–whether Vic's Mai Tai became so popular that it became synonymous with the word for "drink" or "cocktail" in the Tahitian islands, or if it's the other way around, where this word has always referred to "cocktail" and Vic took it to specifically refer to his. I guess it all depends on one verifying the translation of the term "Mai Tai-roa ae."

I don't know if you know the answer but that was something I hadn't heard before, which I thought was quite an interesting prospect worth further inquiry.

]]> By: Tiare http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Tiare Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:23:53 +0000 #comment-2163 This was a good post on the Mai Tai, i`m always interested in reading about this my favorite cocktail.<br /><br />I wrote about the Mai Tai too and made a range of rum pairings and came to the conclusion that made with demerara rums it becomes incredibly tasty.<br /><br />I now really look forward to the Bums new upcoming book "Beachbum Berry Remixed" where he will uncover the whole controversy of the origin of the Mai Tai as far as i was told.<br /><br />A pre-look at the book here: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Beach-Bum-Berry-Remixed-Jeff-Berry/9781593621391-item.html?pticket=kyfdzn45g4cpu1551qicvvyiZk%2fJ0sWSJtsfKVS7SV%2fF9X%2fysfY%3d<br /><br />To set the Mai Tai recipe straight wherever i can is one of my life goals.<br /><br />cheers!<br /><br />Tiare<br /><br />http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com This was a good post on the Mai Tai, i`m always interested in reading about this my favorite cocktail.

I wrote about the Mai Tai too and made a range of rum pairings and came to the conclusion that made with demerara rums it becomes incredibly tasty.

I now really look forward to the Bums new upcoming book "Beachbum Berry Remixed" where he will uncover the whole controversy of the origin of the Mai Tai as far as i was told.

A pre-look at the book here: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Beach-Bum-Berry-Remixed-Jeff-Berry/9781593621391-item.html?pticket=kyfdzn45g4cpu1551qicvvyiZk%2fJ0sWSJtsfKVS7SV%2fF9X%2fysfY%3d

To set the Mai Tai recipe straight wherever i can is one of my life goals.

cheers!

Tiare

http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com

]]> By: Paystyle http://www.umamimart.com/2009/08/happy-hour-mai-tai/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Paystyle Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:12:34 +0000 #comment-1072 Melissa - that's certainly a shame, although it probably wasn't a real Mai Tai that elicited such a reaction! Such are the consequences of making subpar choices in one's drinking career. Melissa – that's certainly a shame, although it probably wasn't a real Mai Tai that elicited such a reaction! Such are the consequences of making subpar choices in one's drinking career.

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