Macadamia Mai Tai

Name: Macadamia Mai Tai
Ingredients: 2 oz Denizen Rum Merchants Reserve 8 Year; .5 oz Lime Juice; .25 oz Smuggler’s Cove Mai Tai Rich Simple Syrup (We Used Real Vanilla Beans); .25 oz Smuggler's Cove Orgeat (But We Used Macadamia Nutes, Not Almonds); .5 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao (We Infused Ours With Green Cardamom And Pomegranate Seeds)

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Submitted on: January 8, 2025

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Embarrassing confession...we've never tried Denizen Rum before. (I know 🙂‍↕️) It's a famous Rum used in some famous recipes ... So, we thought it was about time we started mixing some drinks with it. Today we made the famous Smugglers Cove Mai Tai recipe, but with a few caveats. For our orgeat, we used macadamia nuts, not almonds. This gave the drink a more earthy/creamy profile compared to almond orgeat. For the rich vanilla simple syrup, we used actual vanilla beans, not extract. And o...

Ingredients

2 oz
Denizen Rum Merchants Reserve 8 Year

.5 oz
Lime Juice

.25 oz
Smuggler’s Cove Mai Tai Rich Simple Syrup (We Used Real Vanilla Beans)

.25 oz
Smuggler's Cove Orgeat (But We Used Macadamia Nutes, Not Almonds)

.5 oz
Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao (We Infused Ours With Green Cardamom And Pomegranate Seeds)

Tools

Boston Shaker
Hawthorne Strainer

Instructions

Garnish

Lime wheel, pom seeds

Build

Shake & Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

Estimated strength

About 21% ABV (estimate)

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Combine everything in a shaker, add ice, shake, and strain into your glass over fresh ice. Cheers! Smuggler's Cove Rich Simple: 4 cups demerara 2 cups water (We used 1 vanilla bean pod) 1/4 tsp salt Smuggler's Cove Orgeat Syrup: 1-pound blanched Almonds (We used Macadamia nuts instead) 4 cups of water % cups of sugar 1/4 tsp rose water 1/4 tsp orange flower water 2 tsps lightly aged rum

Editor's Note

Macadamia nuts replace almonds in the orgeat, lending an earthy, creamy texture to this tropical classic. Pomegranate and cardamom infusions add a modern, spiced dimension.

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29 September 2026

This sounds like a fantastic twist on a classic! Do you happen to have the full process for the pomegranate and cardamom infusion for the curaçao? I'd love to try making that at home.